World News – UA – Man gunned down, school locked as police storm property on central NSW coast

One man has been shot, another is on the run, and heavily armed police stormed property on the central NSW coast after a high-speed car chase this morning

The ABC understands the operation, which started around 900 a.m. when officers started following two men in a vehicle, remains serious and ongoing

The men are believed to have both been armed with rifles and started shooting at police before a standoff unfolded on a semi-rural property in Hamlyn Terrace

One was shot, but the other is still on the run with tactical police scouring the bush behind Warnervale Public School

Officers have surrounded a house at the address and are in place behind cars and other structures on rural property, guns drawn

The school remains closed, while residents in the surrounding area have been urged to stay inside their homes and lock their doors

Aerial images appear to show a body on the ground on the property, covered with a leaf

Motorists are warned to avoid the area, and several roads around the property have been closed

Several police cars were seen driving up the Pacific Highway towards the central coast, with their sirens on

The New South Wales Police Association said it was aware of the « critical incident » and had representatives on the scene to support its members who « are safe »

In a statement, a police spokesperson said the dead had not yet been officially identified

They said the Homicide Squad will investigate the incident and that this investigation will be independently reviewed

The spokesperson also said that the police operation to find the second man had continued and that he had left the scene

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