Two men have been charged following an investigation into the shooting death of a man in Newcastle last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 11pm on Tuesday 6 September 2022, emergency services were called to a residence on Fowler Street, Hamilton South, after reports of a shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Newcastle City Police District attended and found a 57-year-old man with a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man was treated by NSW Ambulance Paramedics, however, died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District established a crime scene and commenced Strike Force Alcheringa to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the course of the investigation, a number of search warrants were executed, with items \u2013 including firearms – relevant to the investigation seized for forensic examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following extensive inquiries, a search warrant was executed at a property on Station Street, Waratah, about 8.45am yesterday (Tuesday 1 August 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 26-year-old man was arrested at the scene before being taken to Waratah Police Station where he was charged with murder and supply pistol to person unauthorised to possess it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court today (Wednesday 2 August 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following further inquiries, two search warrants were executed at properties in Glenfield and Busby about 8.40am today (Wednesday 2 August 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A short time later, a 32-year-old man was arrested in the drive-thru of a restaurant on Harold Street, Macquarie Fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was taken to Campbelltown Police Station where he was charged with murder and supply pistol to person unauthorised to possess it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court tomorrow (Thursday 3 August 2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two men have been charged following an investigation into the shooting death of a man in Newcastle last year. About 11pm on Tuesday 6 September 2022, emergency services were called to a residence on Fowler Street, Hamilton South, after reports of a shooting. Officers from Newcastle City Police District attended and found a 57-year-old man … Continue reading “Two men charged with murder following shooting investigation – Newcastle\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22102,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22101\/revisions\/22102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}