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WA Police Intensify Mullewa Manhunt for Kenneth Giles After Outback Shooting

Detectives are treating the shooting as a family and domestic violence case.

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Police are expanding their hunt for a 58-year-old man nearly 24 hours after he allegedly shot a woman and fled the scene in a Mid West town.
Four police cars drive in a line down a dirt track during the manhunt.
A police bearcat vehicle on the move during the ongoing search for Kenneth Giles.

Overview

  • The 58-year-old remains at large more than 36 hours after the Urawa Road incident near Mullewa, with no confirmed sightings.
  • Police say he fled with a firearm in a white Nissan Patrol utility, WA registration 1BIY336, and the public is urged not to approach and to call Triple Zero (000).
  • Tactical Response Group officers and the Police Air Wing are searching rugged terrain around Mullewa, where police believe he remains.
  • The woman injured in the single gunshot has been transferred from Geraldton to Royal Perth Hospital and is in a stable condition.
  • Superintendent Neil Vanderplank says Giles is not a licensed firearms holder and officers seized 16 firearms from the property, none registered to him.