A man has been charged after he allegedly discharged a firearm during a domestic dispute at Fingal Bay.
Police say the 40-year-old became involved in an argument with his 38-year-old ex-partner at his Bombora Close home on Tuesday afternoon which quickly escalated.
It's alleged the man produced a pistol and fired a shot inside the home which penetrated a fly screen and a neighbour's garage before becoming lodged in an external in a brick wall on Shoreline Drive
More than a dozen police cars then converged on the Salamander Bay shopping centre just after 5.00pm where the man was arrested.
He was arrested and taken to Nelson Bay Police Station where he was charged with the following offences:
- Fire firearm into building or onto enclosed lands
- Possess loaded firearm endanger life non-public place
- Handle/use firearm under the influence of alcohol
- Stalk/intimidation intend physical harm (Domestic) and possession ammunition without a licence
- Possess unregistered firearm
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit
