Two men in custody after multiple reported shooting

Two men have been taken into custody over four random highway shootings and the death of a man on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

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00:00 This police operation started at about 1.30 this morning when police say a black Mercedes

00:07 dual cab utility was driving along the M1 motorway on the mid north coast and shots

00:12 were fired from that vehicle at Coopernook.

00:15 One of those shots hit a driver who was in another vehicle and caused a graze wound to

00:22 his arm.

00:23 Police were then told that shots were again fired from this vehicle at Cunderbunk and

00:30 in two locations at Port Macquarie.

00:32 In one of those locations at Port Macquarie police tried to pull over this vehicle and

00:38 shots were fired at the police car but no one was injured.

00:42 Later in the morning the vehicle in question was then dumped near a sports field in Port

00:48 Macquarie and that vehicle is now being forensically examined.

00:53 Police just recently issued this statement about the description of who they're looking

00:58 for.

00:59 The driver is believed to be a male of Aboriginal appearance, aged between 25 and 35, about

01:05 165 centimetres tall and is of slim build.

01:10 He was seen wearing a dark coloured baseball cap and hoodie and with a backpack and a duffel

01:15 bag.

01:16 There was also a second person, not further described, travelling with that male and we

01:20 believe there's also that male was accompanied by a dog, described as a brown and white dog

01:26 similar to a kelpie.

01:28 Now police are urging people in that local area if they do see these people not to approach

01:34 them.

01:35 They want residents to call the police straight away.

01:38 These men could still be armed so they're urging the community not to approach these

01:42 men.

01:43 As a precaution this morning they've also asked residents in the local area to stay

01:47 inside to keep their doors locked.

01:49 We also understand several schools in the area have had their gates shut and children

01:54 are being kept inside as a precaution.

01:57 As part of this police investigation this morning, police were also called to a welfare

02:02 check in Port Macquarie.

02:04 They arrived to find the body of a man on the side of a road.

02:08 Police won't say at this stage how that man died and they are unable to connect the death

02:14 of this man to the shootings this morning but that is also part of the police investigation.

02:20 Police are just asking again if anyone has CCTV footage or dash cam footage of any of

02:26 these incidents this morning if they could contact police as their investigations continue

02:32 for these two men.

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