Port Stephens: Man found shot dead in car at Salt Ash as police launch homicide investigation
Police have launched an investigation after a man’s body was found in a car at Port Stephens.
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A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot dead in a car at Salt Ash on Sunday.
Emergency services were called to Hideaway Drive just before 1.45pm on Sunday after reports a vehicle had hit a tree.
Paramedics and police rushed to the scene to find the man still inside the car with a gunshot wound to the head.
‘’The male driver of the Ford Ranger utility was found suffering a gunshot wound. He could not be revived and died at the scene. The man is yet to be formally identified,’’ a police statement said
‘’A crime scene has been established at Salt Ash and Masonite Road, Heatherbrae, after a second vehicle was located burnt out. Both will be examined by specialist forensic officers.’’
Port Stephens-Hunter detectives - assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad - have established Strike Force Breve to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man’s death, which is being treated as suspicious.
The semi-rural road, just a few hundred metres from Nelson Bay Rd, has been blocked off by police as investigations continue.
Police sources have confirmed they are treating the death as a murder.
A second scene, about 20km away off Masonite Rd near Heatherbrae, has also been cordoned off by police as detectives investigate whether a car found burnt out is linked to the Salt Ash crime scene.
Police have appealed for anyone with information or dashcam vision which may be able to assist investigators to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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