Overview
- Police found a 32-year-old man with a gunshot-consistent leg wound on Allen Road near Moonyoonooka and he was taken to Geraldton Regional Hospital with injuries not believed to be life‑threatening.
- The incident prompted a large early‑morning response and a prolonged search of the Moonyoonooka and Utakarra areas by local officers, detectives, forensics teams and the Tactical Response Group.
- Officers arrested five people at a Utakarra address on the morning of the operation and some were later released as inquiries continued.
- A 30-year-old Wonthella man has been charged with unlawfully endangering a person and wilfully destroying evidence and appeared in Geraldton Magistrates Court.
- Investigations are ongoing with the victim released from hospital and assisting police, the firearm still outstanding, and detectives focused on clarifying the relationships and sequence of events among people involved.