Man charged with shooting his brother with intent to murder at Nana Glen
Emergency services were called to a rural property on Orara Way, Nana Glen, in the Coffs Harbour hinterland about 8:30pm on Saturday.
They found a 22-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his chest, after a loud argument in the home before the shooting.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the man before he was flown to Gold Coast University Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
A NSW Police spokesperson confirmed the brothers both lived in the home and there were six people on the property at the time of the alleged incident.
Just 30 minutes later, highway patrol officers stopped an SUV which they had pursued into a dead-end street, Carrall Close, in an outer-suburban area in nearby Coffs Harbour.
Police arrested a 20-year-old man and allege they seized a rifle during a vehicle search.
The man was charged with shooting with intent to murder (domestic violence), possession and use of an unauthorised firearm and ammunition, stalking and intimidation and drink driving.
Coffs Harbour resident Katie Miller noticed the police activity in the street some hours after a man was arrested outside her home.
"I came out about 10 o'clock last night and there was about six cop cars in the street, lights on," Ms Miller said.
"I didn't hear any sirens or anything, but it was a very busy street last night.
Young mother Bree Edwards lives near the rural Nana Glen property where the shooting occurred.
"I didn't hear anything, nothing, no sirens, nothing," Ms Edwards said.
"Very occasionally we'll hear something [gunshots], but it's usually from one of the farms with a pest.
"It is surprising, I guess I am surprised at something like this happening around this area."
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