A woman is in hospital with gunshot injuries and two other people are in custody after a shooting in Maitland overnight.
About 11.40pm (Wednesday 1 July 2026), police received a report that a woman had presented to hospital with gunshot injuries.
Officers attached to Port Stephens Hunter Police District attended and were told the woman – aged 31 – was at a home on Alliance Street, East Maitland, when an argument began between her and the residents.
Police will allege one of the residents – a man aged 55 – shot the woman with a shortened shotgun before she ran from the property.
She was then taken by car to Maitland Hospital before being transferred to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment of injuries to her head, neck and shoulder. Police have been told none of her injuries are considered life threatening.
Following inquiries, police attended the home on Alliance Street, where they arrested the 55-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman. They have been taken to Maitland Police Station.
A crime scene has been established and the investigation into the incident is continuing.
