A second man has been charged following the fatal shooting of a man in Newcastle earlier this year.
Emergency services were called to the Bar Beach carpark on Memorial Drive about 11.40pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025 and found a man with a gunshot wound.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 18-year-old man, but he died at the scene.
A crime scene was established by officers attached to Newcastle City Police District.
Police will allege a group of people were fighting in the car park when a white SUV drove up and a man armed with a firearm got out, fired, and left in the vehicle.
An investigation commenced involving detectives from Newcastle, assisted by the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad.
On Friday 25 April 2025, a 22-year-old was arrested and charged with murder. He remains before the courts.
Following inquiries, on Wednesday 7 May 2025, police executed a search warrant at a unit on Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle, where a firearm and ammunition were seized for forensic examination.
A 25-year-old man was arrested nearby and was taken to Newcastle Police Station.
He was charged with acquire etc firearm - subject to prohibition order, acquire etc ammunition subject to prohibition order, possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority, use, supply, acquire, possess stolen firearm or part, firearm etc found at premises-subject to prohibition order and breach of bail.
Following further inquiries, the 25-year-old man was arrested at a correctional facility in Kempsey today (Thursday 10 July 2025).
He was charged with murder and possess unauthorised prohibited firearm.
He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 1.
Investigations under Strike Force Bolwarra continue.
