Two people have been arrested and extradited from Western Australia to New South Wales following an alleged kidnapping and shooting at Bago. Mid North Coast Police Detective Inspector Peter O'Reilly said police are seeking a third person.
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00:00I'm sure he's been sick many times.
00:04I just can't remember the time when he made the first call.
00:08So about 7am on Sunday
00:1217th of November, emergency services were called to
00:16Rollover Road at Bago. A 32 year old male was located
00:20at the location. He was naked and bleeding.
00:24Ambulance conveyed him to Port Macquarie Hospital. He was in a serious condition at the time.
00:28It was apparent that he'd been shot a number of occasions.
00:32Crime scenes were located nearby and
00:36process and Strike Force Parham was established by Mid North Coast
00:40Police District Detectives.
00:44On Wednesday evening, with great assistance from the West Australian Police
00:48a vehicle was stopped at a Baradonia south of
00:52Kalgoorlie. A 25 year old male and a 38 year old female
00:56were arrested. Located in the vehicle they were in was a loaded
01:00sawn off rifle. Those people have been
01:04now extradited by detectives from Perth back to New South Wales.
01:08The female appeared before the court at the Downing Centre yesterday and she's now
01:12remanded to Port Macquarie local court. The male will appear before the
01:16Downing Centre local court today.
01:20It was a trail runner who was out on a Sunday morning, a quiet Sunday morning jog that
01:24came across this male. When police arrived the male was
01:28being treated and put into the ambulance. Was the victim known to
01:32police at all? The person is somebody that
01:36we do know of and the circumstances
01:40around him were explored. It was apparent that
01:44he was kidnapped from a residence in Port Macquarie and
01:48taken to this location out at Vago where he was shot and left.
01:52Do we have any information about the connection between the people who
01:56were arrested and the male that was shot? They are certainly known to each other.
02:00Do we know yet what the motivation behind the kidnapping was? No.
02:04At this stage we are seeking
02:08a 27 year old female who was also involved
02:12in this offence. Walk us through the investigation into finding those two that have been
02:16charged so far. What led you guys to seek out WA? Oh I can't go
02:20into too much but what I can say is that some great work
02:24by our local detectives and we were
02:28able to locate those people in Western Australia so our assistance
02:32that we received from the West Australian Police was
02:36outstanding. Do we know yet why these people are out in WA
02:40on the other side of the country? No.
02:44Only other thing, the condition of the man who was shot, has he
02:48recovered? He remains in hospital but he's in a stable condition.
02:52Have you spoken to him? He must have been pretty traumatised by the incident.
02:56How's he kind of doing? Look I haven't spoken to him personally but yes he has
03:00been spoken to by detectives. And is there anything else around
03:04you mentioned he was found injured and naked, does it appear
03:08he's just been shot and left or have you got any other information about that?
03:12That was apparent in the scene that he'd been shot and left
03:16by the offenders and it was a short distance away where police were able
03:20to locate two scenes of interest and there was some evidence
03:24at the location which corroborated the fact that he had been shot.
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