A massive search is under way for a man who allegedly shot dead three people including a pregnant woman in a suspected domestic violence-related murder spree.<\/p>\n
Sophie Quinn, 25, is among those killed in the isolated town of Lake Cargelligo in western NSW on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
More than 100 police including tactical response officers have been deployed in search of the gunman, urging the town’s 1100 residents to stay indoors and report anything suspicious.<\/p>\n
The prime suspect is a man known to Quinn, Julian Ingram.<\/p>\n
“Community safety is the paramount concern,” Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland told ABC on Friday.<\/p>\n
“Please do not approach him. He is considered armed and dangerous.”<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old suspect, also known as Julian Pierpoint, had a history of domestic violence, police said.<\/p>\n
Quinn, who was pregnant, and her friend John Harris, 32, were killed when bullets were fired into their vehicle about 4.20pm on Bokhara St.<\/p>\n
Shortly after, Quinn’s aunt, Nerida Quinn, 50, was shot dead at a home in nearby Walker St.<\/p>\n
A man, 19, was also shot at the home but survived and is in hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n
Ingram was named by police on Friday morning as the suspected murderer and a warrant for his arrest was issued.<\/p>\n
How he was able to access firearms without holding a gun licence is under investigation.<\/p>\n
Ingram was last seen driving a Ford Ranger ute with NSW registration DM-07-GZ.<\/p>\n
The car has council signage, a metal tray back, high-visibility markings on the side and an emergency light bar on the roof.<\/p>\n
Anyone who sees Ingram is urged not to approach and contact triple zero immediately.<\/p>\n
Defence Force and the police air wing flew specialist officers into the town overnight including negotiators, homicide detectives and those trained in tactical operations.<\/p>\n
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A staff member at the Commercial Hotel in the centre of town, who did not wish to be named, said there had been a lot of police activity after what they believed was a shooting in a house.<\/p>\n
“I’m just inside, trying to not be around,” they told AAP.<\/p>\n
A manager of a local motel said it was “a little bit scary” in the town.<\/p>\n
Independent member for Barwon Roy Butler described the situation as “tragic news”.<\/p>\n
“It’s a terrible situation and it’s still live, so we don’t have much information. My thoughts are with the victims and their families,” he said.<\/p>\n
“As there has been a number of shootings and the offender has not been detained, please stay indoors until the advice changes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive search is under way for a man who allegedly shot dead three people including a pregnant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[85,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-247269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}