It’s been revealed the man at the centre of a siege at Maryland tried to live stream the incident on Facebook.
New Limited reports police acted quickly with the social media giant to take down the live stream from the internet.
A 30-year-old man is due to face Newcastle Local Court today (Friday 3 July 2020) accused of a string of offences including shooting at police with a paintball gun, causing superficial injuries to a sergeant and constable.
Heavily armed police Police surrounded a home on Warkworth Street at about 9.30am on Thursday and were allegedly confronted by the man armed with a knife while two women and two children were inside.
He eventually surrendered about two hours later.