A man has been charged for his alleged crucial role in a fatal home invasion gone wrong, two and a half years after it happened.
Zachery Davies-Scott was gunned down in front of his pregnant partner inside his parents' home, two days after Christmas in 2022.
A group of alleged attackers stormed the house 45 minutes west of Newcastle in a night attack.
After shooting the 25-year-old man, the group sped off in a white SUV which was found two months later.
Paramedics tried to save Mr Davies-Scott but he died at the scene.
A 52-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the group while two children at the scene and Mr Davies-Scott's partner were physically uninjured.
Heavily armed police stormed a property in Lambton, Newcastle, on Thursday and emerged with a man in handcuffs wearing an orange high-vis vest.
The 45-year-old suspect allegedly assisted the home invasion group before and after the murder, police allege.
Police also seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs, and a stolen vehicle during the dawn raid.
The man was charged with murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol and acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order.
He was due to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday.
It follows the arrest of three men over the fatal shooting during the spring and summer of 2023-24.
One man was arrested on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2023, days before police nabbed a second alleged murderer.
A man living in suburban Newcastle was arrested at his home in January 2024.
The trio's case remains in the local court.
The state's chief homicide detective has described the victim's family members as "extremely distressed and traumatised" by the killing.
