NSW Police investigating death of 18-year-old man shot in Newcastle

A teenager has been shot dead during a brawl between a group of men at a popular Newcastle beach area. Police are searching for the offender.

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00:00A man believed to be aged just 18 years old was shot and killed here in the car park behind me

00:08at Bar Beach in Newcastle late last night. Emergency services were called here at about

00:1311.40pm to reports of a shooting and on arrival they found the man suffering a gunshot wound

00:19to his upper torso. Paramedics did treat him however he died at the scene. Now police say

00:25they believe a group of people were fighting in the car park when an unrelated man driving a white

00:31SUV actually approached the group, got out of the car armed with a rifle, took a shot before getting

00:36back in the car and fleeing the scene. Now that white SUV was later found at Tingara Heights in

00:42Lake Macquarie, burnt out and they have established a second crime scene there. Police have spoken to

00:48the media today to give us a bit more detail. At about midday today they said no arrests or charges

00:53have yet been made. This is a sentence incident. This is an incident the community won't stand for

00:58and I can assure that the community at Newcastle that there are a large number of resources allocated

01:03to this investigation to both identify and bring the offenders to justice and they'll be working

01:08through the weekend on that job. Police have established Strike Force Bulwara to continue

01:13investigations today including homicide detectives that have come down from Sydney to try and get

01:18more answers and of course an arrest and charge here.