Man shot dead during a brawl in a Newcastle car park

A man believed to be 18 years old has been shot dead during a fight in a carpark in Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter Region.

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00:00a man believed to be just 18 years old was shot and killed in this car park behind me here at

00:10Bar Beach late last night. Emergency services were called to the car park just before midnight

00:16to reports a person had been shot and when they arrived found the man with a gunshot wound.

00:21Paramedics did treat him at the scene however he did die at the scene last night and while details

00:26as to exactly what happened here are still quite light on. Police say they believe a group of people

00:33were fighting in the car park when a man in a white SUV drove up to the group. The man got out of the

00:40car he was armed with a firearm allegedly took a shot and then got back in the car and fled the

00:45scene. Now a crime scene has been established as you can see there's police tape cordoned off parts

00:51of Memorial Drive here in Newcastle which is normally a very busy street here in Newcastle.

00:57Earlier investigators and forensics were scouring this scene just for any evidence and to try and

01:02put the pieces together as to exactly what happened here and locals waking up this morning coming for

01:07their morning walk and coffee down at the beach very shocked to find this this crime scene here

01:13this morning. Now I spoke to one local Bob Mason who said it's just devastating news.

01:17I come here regularly pretty well every morning in the summer during the day as well so it's yeah

01:25this is um quite um disturbing actually I guess it can happen anywhere but to happen here where this

01:32is a family friendly environment and uh it's just a suburban beach area. So locals still just trying to

01:39figure out exactly what happened here in Newcastle awaiting to hear more details from police at this

01:43stage no arrests or charge have been made however police say they are still investigating.