WARNING: This article contains distressing content and the names of Aboriginal people who have passed away.
A pregnant Aboriginal woman is among three dead after a shooting in New South Wales central west on Thursday afternoon.
NSW Police responded to reports of a shooting at Bokhara Street in Lake Cargelligo, a small community west of Forbes, 4.20pm on Thursday.
A 32-year-old man and 24-year-old pregnant woman were found dead in a vehicle.
At 4.40pm police attended a residence in Walker Street where a woman, identified as the 24-year-old's aunt, was fatally shot and a man was shot and seriously injured.
The 19-year-old man was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
A warrant for murder has been issued for the 24-year-old's former partner, Julian Ingram.
A massive manhunt is underway across the central west region for Ingram, with police resources from surrounding commands, Defence Force helicopters and tactical police, negotiators and homicide investigators being dispatched to the town.
NSW Police has described him as of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander appearance, medium build with short dark hair and brown eyes and standing at 165 to 170cm tall.
"He was last seen driving a Ford Ranger utility with NSW registration DM-07-GZ described as having council signage, a metal tray back, high visibility markings on the side and an emergency light bar on the roof," they said.
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Andy Holland told ABC News that Ingram does not hold a firearm licence.
"He has access to firearms, which are unknown, and that will form part of the investigations as well," he said on Friday.
Holland confirmed that Ingram was known to police and had prior domestic violence offences.
The police are urging anyone who identifies Ingram not to approach him and to contact Triple Zero as he may be armed and dangerous.
They're also appealing to anyone that may have footage of Ingram or the events or information about his potential whereabouts should contact Crime Stoppers.
"Any death in a small country town in confronting, but a scene where you have people shot by firearms is obviously going to make people very, very tense and very concerned," Holland said.
"It's a tragedy that's taken place in a very small town, and it will have a big effect on the community."
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