At 2.30am on April 19, four young people were at Albion Groves Park, where they were allegedly threatened by a man with a handgun.

Police were told a shot was fired when the man ran into the backyard of a Dunvarleigh Crescent home, however no one was injured.

Murrumbidgee Police District officers began an investigation after it was reported to them on April 20.

At midday on April 27, a police patrol on Murrumbidgee Avenue near Coolah Street pulled over a Mazda 3 and spoke to the 27-year-old driver.

The driver was arrested and taken to Griffith police station and charged with discharging a firearm likely to injure persons or property, possessing an unauthorised firearm, having a loaded firearm in a public place and using an unauthorised firearm.

He was refused bail in Griffith Local Court on April 28 and will re-appear on May 18.

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