Man charged with murder after deadly shooting near Murwillumbah

A MAN has died, and two men have been injured following a shooting at a property 10km west of Murwillumbah yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services attended an incident at Tyalgum Road at Eungella about 1.25 pm on Wednesday, December 3, after reports of a shooting.

Tweed/Byron Police District officers were told two men, aged 41 and 38, were allegedly shot by another man, who ran from the scene with a fourth man.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the older man at the property for a gunshot wound, who died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified.

The 38-year-old man subsequently sought hospital treatment for a gunshot wound.

Police then attended a second incident on the same road, after a 45-year-old man was allegedly hit by a car who is now in the hospital under police guard.

Following inquiries about 6.40 pm on the same day, detectives, with the assistance from the Dog Squad, arrested the fourth man, aged 36, in bushland near Tumbulgum Road.

He was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station, where he was charged with murder and was refused bail to appear at Bail Division Court 1 today, Thursday, December 4.

Multiple crime scenes have been established, and Tweed/Byron Police District officers, with assistance from State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, have established Strike Force Bray and commenced an investigation.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Tweed Heads Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.