Raptor Squad charge alleged gunman after investigation into shooting of man on Central Coast
Where: Lakedge Avenue, Central Coast, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Raptor Squad officers have charged a man following an investigation into an alleged shooting on the Central Coast earlier this week.
About 6.15am on Wednesday 9 September 2026, emergency services were called to Lakedge Avenue, Berkeley Vale, after reports of a shooting.
Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended and found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his hand and torso.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
A crime scene was established and an investigation commenced by Tuggerah Lakes Detectives and the State Crime Command's Raptor Squad under Strike Force Vardeem.
About 8.45am yesterday (Thursday 10 September 2026), Raptor Squad officers arrested a 20-year-old man at Gosford train station. During a search, police allegedly located cocaine and cannabis in the man’s possession.
As inquiries continued, about 4.30pm yesterday, police executed a search warrant at a home in Penrith, where officers allegedly seized a Glock pistol, eight rounds of ammunition and other items relevant to their investigation.
He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Local Court 6 today (Friday 11 September 2026).
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— NSW PoliceCrime in the Central Coast council area
Central Coast is a council area in New South Wales with about 357,816 residents. It has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 206th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (55th percentile), sexual offences (70th percentile), robbery (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
- Violent
- 1,360 per 100k
- Property
- 2,707 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 305 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,115 per 100k
See the full Central Coast crime profile
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