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WA Police Renew Plea in Mullewa Manhunt as Separate Pinjarra Gun Scare Leads to Teen’s Arrest

Investigators say Kenneth John Giles may be using bush skills to evade capture across the vast Mid West–Gascoyne.

Overview

  • Kenneth John Giles remains at large nearly a week after a domestic-violence shooting near Mullewa that left a woman with a gunshot wound to her hand.
  • Police say multiple shots were fired and believe Giles is armed, not licensed to hold firearms, and possibly driving a white Nissan Patrol with registration 1BIY336.
  • Specialist resources including the Tactical Response Group and Police Air Wing are searching remote farms and stations, with residents urged not to approach and to call Triple Zero with sightings.
  • WA Police say he is most likely still within the Mid West–Gascoyne district but they are exploring the possibility he has left the state.
  • In a separate incident, 18-year-old Zachariah Ugle was arrested and charged after a Pinjarra firearms report, and police say there is no ongoing threat.