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Three people were killed and another was wounded on Thursday in a shooting in a town in Australia’s New South Wales state, police said.

Emergency services were called to an address at Lake Cargelligo, a town of around 1,500 people, following reports of shooting, a police statement said.

Three people — two women and a man — were dead, and another man was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.

Investigators at the scene of a shooting in the town of Lake Cargelligo in New South Wales, Australia on Jan 22, 2026. TNV

The shooter or shooters appeared to be at large.

Police used geo-targeted text messages to urge the public to avoid the area and for local residents to stay