{"id":429579,"date":"2026-01-22T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429579\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:44:10","slug":"three-dead-following-shooting-in-central-west-town-of-lake-cargelligo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429579\/","title":{"rendered":"Three dead following shooting in Central West town of Lake Cargelligo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Three people have been shot dead in the Central West town of Lake Cargelligo, with reports the gunman is still at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Emergency services responded to reports of the shooting on Walker Street, near Yelkin Street, about 4:40pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police confirmed that three people, two women and a man, had died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Another man has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A crime scene has been established and an investigation into the circumstances of the incident has commenced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Earlier, police sent out a geo-targeted SMS that covered the whole town, which included a message telling people to stay inside or to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;There should be people staying inside right now,&#8221; a police spokesperson told the ABC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We will be throwing everything at it that is available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lake Cargelligo sign\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5f0a072e7250a0e17db8c513c6538db2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A crime scene has been established at Lake Cargelligo. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Independent MP and the member for Barwon, Roy Butler, said it was &#8220;tragic news&#8221; out of Lake Cargelligo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a terrible situation, and it&#8217;s still live, so we don&#8217;t have much information. My thoughts are with the victims and their families,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been shot dead in the Central West town of Lake Cargelligo, with reports the gunman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,225126,225125,44,4905],"class_list":["post-429579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-central-west-nsw-town","tag-lake-cargelligo","tag-news","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}