A man has been charged after a firearm was allegedly fired in a neighbour dispute near Scone on Friday night.
Police were called to a rural home on Durridgerie Road, Turill, about 125km west of Scone, about 7.30pm following reports of a shooting.
Police said they were told the occupants of neighbouring properties, who are known to each other, were involved in an argument before one is alleged to have shot a firearm while the other, a 42-year-old man, ran into nearby bushland.
The 42-year-old man was not physically injured.
Hunter Valley and Orana-Mid Western police responded and a Nissan Navara was stopped on Durridgerie Road.
The driver, a 56-year-old man, was arrested and taken to Mudgee Police Station.
He was charged with fire firearm manner likely injure persons/property, possess unauthorised firearm, contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (Personal), possess prohibited drug, and possess prohibited lant.
The man was refused bail to appear at Dubbo Local Court on Saturday.
Inquiries continue.
