Tweed police hunting for man who fired shot during botched armed robbery of Tweed Valley Way, Murwillumbah servo

A man is on the run after he allegedly fired a shot during a botched gunpoint robbery at a Tweed service station. Here’s what we know.

Police say a man fired a shot while trying to rob the Murwillumbah servo. Picture: NSW Police.

A man is on the run after he allegedly fired a shot during a failed gunpoint robbery at a Tweed service station on Tuesday afternoon.

The armed robber then led police on a high-speed chase throughout the area.

Tweed/Byron Police officers were called to the service station on Tweed Valley Way at Murwillumbah, about 30km south of Tweed Heads, just before 3pm.

The service station, known as Allan’s Seafood, was closed and a swarm of police were on hand in the afternoon.

Police were told at the service station that the man pulled out a firearm before “threatening staff and firing a shot”.

Police have release CCTV images and are appealing for public assistance while they investigate an attempted armed robbery at Murwillumbah on Tuesday. Picture: NSW Police.

“No one was injured and the man fled in a white vehicle empty-handed,” according to a statement about 7.15pm.

Police tried to stop the vehicle on Byangum Rd, but a pursuit was “terminated for safety reasons”.

Eye witnesses following accounts of the robbery reported on local social media groups that a white ute was seen speeding through Bray Park, near Wollumbin High School.

The robber is still on the run and police are continuing the investigation into his whereabouts.

The robber made his getaway in aa white Holden Colorado ute with no licence plates. Picture: NSW Police.

CCTV released by NSW Police shows the man wearing a white shirt with a black chest motif, black pants, blue face mask, a red Coca-Cola bucket hat, and white Nike sneakers.

The vehicle, a white Holden Colorado ute with no licence plates, appears to have damage to the front left-hand side wheel-arch.

Know more? Phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.