BY IAN CROUCH

Homicide detectives are combing for clues after a man died after being shot following a fight at Bar Beach overnight.

Emergency services were called to the car park on Memorial Dive at about 11.40pm on Wednesday to find a man with a gunshot wound.

Paramedics treated him, but he died at the scene.

Police have been told a group of people were fighting in the car park when a white SUV drove up and a man armed with a firearm got out, fired, and left in the vehicle.

The victim is yet to be identified but is believed to be aged 18.

Strike Force Bolwarra comprising detectives from Newcastle and the Homicide Squad are investigating the incident.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.