Police are conducting a large-scale search for a man accused of murdering three people and injuring a fourth in a suspected domestic violence attack in central west New South Wales.
Julian Ingram (pictured above) is accused of shooting and killing a 25-year-old woman, believed to be his former partner, and a man, 32, in a car in Lake Cargelligo on Thursday afternoon.
He is also alleged to have shot two more people, killing a 50-year-old woman and seriously injuring a 19-year-old man who was taken to hospital.
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland told Today it is a suspected domestic violence attack.
As of Friday morning, police say they are searching for Ingram, 37, who is also known as Pierpoint. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
He was last seen driving a Ford Ranger utility with NSW registration DM-07-GZ, described as having council signage, a metal tray back, high visibility markings on the side and an emergency light bar on the roof.
Crime scenes have been established in Bokhara and Walker Streets in Lake Cargelligo and are being forensically examined.
Police have also established a website appealing to the general public for footage relevant to the incident to be submitted.
Police are now appealing for anyone in the Lake Cargelligo area who may have mobile phone or dashcam vision, CCTV, photos, screenshots, or other material relevant to this incident to upload vision via the link below.
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“Any death in a small country town is confronting, but again, a scene where you have people shot by firearms is obviously going to make people very, very tense and very concerned,” said Andrew Holland, NSW police assistant commissioner.
“The scene faced by the emergency services officers at that time would have been horrendous.”
State MP Roy Butler said one of the people killed was a pregant woman.
In a post on social media, Butler said “the tragic circumstances will affect everyone in town and across NSW and Australia”.
Lake Cargelligo has a population of about 1,500 people.
Police have requested that people in the area remain indoors while the search is underway.
Anyone with information in relation to his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).