A teenager has died after being shot during a fight in a Newcastle car park overnight.
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Emergency services were called to the Bar Beach car park on Memorial Drive about 11.40pm Wednesday, April 23, and found a man with a gunshot wound.
Paramedics treated the man, but he died at the scene.
Police have reportedly been told a group of people were fighting in the car park when a white SUV drove up and a man armed with a firearm got out, fired, and left in the vehicle.
A crime scene has been established by officers attached to Newcastle City police district.
The victim has yet to be formally identified but was believed to be aged 18.
An investigation is now under way involving detectives from Newcastle, assisted by the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad.
A second crime scene has been established at Bangalay Reserve just off Croudace Road at Tingira Heights. NSW Fire and Rescue were called to the reserve just after midnight to reports of a vehicle on fire.
Two trucks attended the scene and the fire was extinguished, before the site was handed over to police. Officers are yet to confirm if the two crime scenes are linked.
Anyone with relevant information or dashcam vision of the incident is urged to contact Newcastle Police or Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au
Jessica Brown
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