Despite the latest incident in a slew of firearms-related offences to sweep Northern Tasmania, police say there is no concern to the wider community.
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A 26-year-old Perth woman was charged on Sunday in relation to an incident in Norwood on Saturday where a gun was allegedly fired at a Boiton Hill Road home.
By Monday night a second person had been charged in relation to the incident, with a 27-year-old Longford man slapped with aggravated assault, recklessly discharging a firearm and breaching family violence order charges.
Tasmania Police said investigations were continuing into the Norwood incident.
Despite the occupants being home, there were no injuries reported and a police spokesperson said the alleged shooter and the occupant were known to one another.
It was the 21st firearm-related incident recorded in the Northern police district since the start of March.
Launceston CIB Detective Inspector Mel Groves said any gun-related violence remained high on the agenda.
We treat all firearms incidents seriously, and they concern us as well [as the community].
- Detective Inspector Mel Groves
Detective Inspector Groves said the fact the Norwood incident was contained to people known to each other was a reminder the community was not at risk.
She said while concern was understandable the confined nature of the incidents meant the wider community was sheltered from gun violence.
Of the 21 recorded firearm incidents, more than 10 people had been charged and at least six incidents occurred between people known to each other.
Launceston was the region responsible for at least 14 of the incidents.
Detective Inspector Groves said information from the public was critical when arresting and charging perpetrators.
"Anything that gets reported to us, obviously, we straightaway begin that investigation process and work from there," she said.
Since it began on April 16 it had been responsible for seeing 60 people charged with a total of 266 offences.
In the process, 60 guns had been seized across 62 coordinated searches.
Detective Inspector Groves said the taskforce would continue to operate so long as firearm offences continued to occur in the Northern District.
"It can be scaled up at any time. We'll continue to target anyone involved in this and take a hardline approach," she said.
We won't tolerate this type of behaviour at all.
- Detective Inspector Mel Groves
Anyone with information about gun-related crime in the North should contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1800 333 000.
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