A man arrested by police on Sunday has been charged with the murders of two people in the state’s west.
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About 8am on Friday emergency services were called to a property on Laroo Road, Hermidale (near Nyngan), after a member of the public found a man deceased in the driveway.
The 28-year-old man, who lived on the property, had sustained a gunshot wound.
Police from Darling River Local Area Command attended and discovered the body of another man and a woman on the property.
The 36-year-old local woman had also suffered a gunshot wound.
The man’s body was found in a burnt caravan. While he is still yet to be formally identified, it’s believed he is the 59-year-old father of the younger man.
A post-mortem examination will be conducted in the coming days to determine the cause of his death.
Strike Force Anjudy was launched by local detectives, with assistance from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, to investigate the deaths.
About midday on Sunday, a 61-year-old man was arrested by detectives at Nyngan Police Station.
He was subsequently charged with two counts of murder and bail refused to appear before Dubbo Local Court on Monday.
