SYDNEY, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are investigating a public place shooting incident in Central Coast on Sunday.

NSW Police said in a statement that emergency services were called to a home in Killarney Vale, a suburb of the Central Coast region, just after 9:15 a.m. local time following reports of shots fired.

Officers were told that several shots were fired at a house before a man left the scene in a white SUV. Three occupants, a man and woman aged in their 20s and a child, were not injured.

Police established a crime scene at the home and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. ■