BY ISABEL EVERETT and KAYNE STEPHENS
A man will face court on Thursday charged over an alleged public place shooting in Kurri Kurri.
About 12.15pm on Wednesday, police were called to Lang
Street, following reports of shots fired.
Officers from Hunter Valley Police District attended and established a
perimeter, assisted by Port Stephens-Hunter Police District.
A large-scale search of the area was conducted with the assistance of PolAir
and Operation Utah officers and a 40-year-old man was arrested on Lang Street
about 1.40pm.
Police attended a nearby residence and located the rifle in a vehicle. It
was seized along with 16 other registered firearms and ammunition.
The man was taken to Cessnock Police Station and charged with use
unauthorised firearm, steal firearm, not keep firearm safely-not prohibited
firearm/pistol, use intimidation/violence to unlawfully influence person, and
fire firearm in or near public place.
Police allege the man, armed with a rifle, confronted
trail bike riders in nearby bushland before discharging the firearm into the
air.
He was refused bail to appear at Maitland Local Court.
