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Tweed-Byron police are investigating an incident where a number of shots were fired into a parked car in Bogangar.

Shortly after 11pm on Sunday, three gunshots were heard at the front of a home on Coast Road, police were told.

Witnesses saw a light coloured 4WD utility, with a canvas canopy, driving away from the front of the house.

The residents of the home found three bullet holes in the rear of their Toyota Soarer sedan, which was parked in their driveway.

No one was injured during the incident.

A person wearing a white hoodie and long dark pants was also seen walking away from the front of the property immediately following the gunshots.

Detectives from Tweed-Byron Local Area Command are investigating and are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward.

Anyone with information about this incident should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/.


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