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Breaking: Suspect in custody over Wynyard shooting in Tasmania's north

ABC Australia · May 14, 2026, 4:00 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Police investigating the shooting on Wednesday.
  • The arrest was made at a residential property in Wynyard about 1:15pm on Thursday, police said in a statement.
  • The arrest follows a "firearms wounding incident" in Sandpiper Road, Wynyard, on Wednesday afternoon in which a man aged in his late 30s was shot in the stomach.

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Police investigating the shooting on Wednesday. (ABC News: Mackenzie Heard)

Link copied Share Share article. A man has been taken into custody over a shooting in Tasmania's north yesterday in which a man was shot in the stomach, police say.

The arrest was made at a residential property in Wynyard about 1:15pm on Thursday, police said in a statement.

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