{"id":14596,"date":"2026-01-22T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14596"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:52:19","slug":"three-people-dead-after-shooting-in-nsw-town-as-police-urge-locals-to-stay-inside-new-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14596","title":{"rendered":"Three people dead after shooting in NSW town as police urge locals to stay inside | New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Three people have been fatally shot after a gunman opened fire in a country town in central western NSW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">NSW police said on Thursday that a police operation was under way at Lake Cargelligo, which is located three hours south-west of Dubbo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Emergency services were called to the area at about 4.40pm after reports of a shooting.<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"InteractiveBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/uploader\/embed\/2026\/01\/embed-7-zip\/giv-32554aZuYZWFtumrk\/&quot;,&quot;scriptUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/iframe-wrapper\/0.1\/boot.js&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Lake Cargelligo&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;31df8b88-df71-4c46-aa33-4e90b053da0c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Lake Cargelligo&quot;,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false}\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"31df8b88-df71-4c46-aa33-4e90b053da0c\" class=\"element element-interactive element--inline element-inline dcr-w422y2\" data-alt=\"Lake Cargelligo\" data-testid=\"interactive-element-Lake%20Cargelligo\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><a data-name=\"placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/uploader\/embed\/2026\/01\/embed-7-zip\/giv-32554aZuYZWFtumrk\/\" class=\"dcr-1eupayo\">Lake Cargelligo<\/a><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Lake Cargelligo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police confirmed that two women and a man have died, and another man has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police have urged locals to remain indoors. Between 1,300 and 1,500 people live in Lake Cargelligo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe public is urged to avoid the area and for local residents to stay inside,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Guardian Australia understands that police are not treating the incident as terror related.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Roy Butler, the NSW MP for Barwon which takes in Lake Cargelligo, posted on social media that he had learned the tragic news just moments after getting off a plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible situation, and it\u2019s still live, so we don\u2019t have much information. My thoughts are with the victims and their families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>More details soon \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#people #dead #shooting #NSW #town #police #urge #locals #stay #South #Wales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been fatally&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}