Tactical operations unit police dramatically arrest Emmett Sheard at Wallsend over Gateshead double shooting

A man who was dramatically arrested by heavily-armed police over allegations he shot a couple inside their Lake Macquarie home has faced court for the first time. Read what happened here.

Emmett Sheard, 31, was arrested at Wallsend on Monday and later charged with offences including shoot at with intent to murder. Picture: NSW Police.

A man who dramatically arrested during a raid on a suburban Newcastle unit block over a pre-dawn double shooting which left a Lake Macquarie couple hospitalised with bullet wounds has been remanded in custody.

Tactical operations unit officers arrested Emmett Sheard with the use of a police bearcat at the block of units on Bousfield St, Wallsend on Monday afternoon.

The heavily-armed officers and robbery and serious crime squad detectives took the 31-year-old man into custody following a four-day investigation into the September 21 shooting of the couple in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Gateshead.

The detectives had taken over the investigation from Lake Macquarie investigators into the Cassia Cres incident, where a 42-year-old man suffered a bullet wound to an arm and his 32-year-old partner was shot in the leg.

Police allege the pair were shot after speaking with two people inside their home about 2.20am.

One of the firearms allegedly seized by police during the arrest at Wallsend on Monday. Picture: NSW Police.

Both were treated at the scene before being taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment.

Their injuries were not considered life-threatening.

Forensic experts at the home on Cassia Crescent, Gateshead where two people were shot. Picture: Dan Proudman

A crime scene was established and forensic experts spent most of the day at the scene gathering evidence.

A strike force was also set up as the investigation into the double shooting was launched.

It culminated in the arrest at Wallsend about 12.45pm on Monday, where Sheard was arrested and taken to Newcastle police station.

During a search of the property police located two firearms, which were seized for further forensic examination.

Emmett Sheard being arrested at Wallsend on Monday. He was later charged over the shooting of a couple at Gateshead on September 21, 2023. Picture: NSW Police.

Sheard was later charged with shoot at with intent to murder, possess unauthorised firearm, use unauthorised firearm, and discharge firearm etc intend to cause grievous bodily harm.

Court documents state that the intent to murder charge relates to the shooting of the man while the grievous bodily harm charge Sheard shot the the woman in the upper left thigh.

The documents also stated that police will allege Sheard had used a single-barrel rifle in the attack.

Sheard briefly faced Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday where he was not required to enter any pleas and did not make a bail application.

He was formally remanded in custody to reappear on November 15.