A man has been charged after two men were allegedly shot with a nail gun in separate incidents while driving on the Central Coast on January 9.
At about 4.10pm police responded to reports of two men being allegedly shot with a nail gun as they were driving northbound on the M1 between Somersby and Ourimbah.
Police were told a passenger in a white Mitsubishi truck, which was travelling northbound in Lane 3 of the M1, in the vicinity of Somersby, allegedly fired nails from a nail gun towards the drivers of other vehicles.
A 57-year-old man, who was driving a white Mitsubishi sedan with the window down, reported to police that he was shot in the right arm with a nail projectile, as a white Mitsubishi truck passed him.
A short time later, a 52-year-old man, who was driving a grey Toyota RAV 4 in the vicinity of Ourimbah, reported to police he felt something impact the top of his head, which caused him to briefly lose control of his vehicle.
He saw a male passenger in a white Mitsubishi truck leaning out of the truck, who allegedly fired further projectiles towards his vehicle, causing the passenger’s side window to shatter.
Police located the white truck in the Sparks Road commuter car park at about 4.30pm.
As police were speaking with the occupants of the truck, a 19-year-old man began running north across Sparks Road and climbing over a wire fence.
Police pursued the man on foot before arresting him a short time later, using capsicum spray during the arrest.
The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with two counts of being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company, two counts of malicious damage and an outstanding warrant.
He was refused bail to appear before Wyong Local Court on Tuesday, January 10.
As inquiries continue, anyone with information about the incident, or any available dashcam footage, is urged to contact either Tuggerah Lakes Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Source:
Media release, Jan 9
NSW Police