Social media post leads to arrest after Aussie man allegedly films himself firing gun out of car window
With his face fully on show, the footage swiftly led to the young man's arrest in Maitland, about 45-minutes northwest of Newcastle, in the Lower Hunter Region of NSW.
The footage captured one of several alleged gun-toting incidents which NSW Police said occurred in the area within 24 hours over the weekend.
In one social media post, the man can be seeing filming himself driving, before picking up a shotgun, pointing it out the car window and firing.
'Oop. My ears are ringing. I think I'm deaf,' he says in the footage.
'Might as well take himself straight to the cop shop,' one social media user commented on the footage, which quickly circulated.
'Did he piss off his missus and she posted this?' another wrote.
More than one person also commented claims that they openly 'snitched' on the gunman after seeing the footage.
An investigation began shortly after a member of the public reported the video, and NSW Police were covertly tracking a white Mazda CX5 by 2.35am on Sunday.
That's when NSW Police said they saw a man 'fire a single gunshot into the air from the parked vehicle' on Burley St at Tenambit.
PolAir tracked the car back to a home on Coal Point Rd at Coal Point.
Local police and the Tactical Operations Unit then surrounded the home.
A 27-year-old man walked out of the house and was arrested without incident about 5.15am.
A short time later, police entered the home and arrested a 22-year-old woman in connection with the matter.
Both were taken to Toronto Police Station, but no charges have been laid at the time of publication.
'There are no reports of any person being injured or any property being damaged,' police said.
Investigations are ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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