news.com.auNovember 26, 2007
A MAN was shot dead in front of his family home after confronting a neighbour once too often to demand he turn the music down.
The running neighbourhood stoush took a violent turn on the weekend when coal miner Stephen Holmes was killed by a single shotgun blast to the chest.
The alleged shooter was being tracked by police on the Central Coast last night after his car was found abandoned on the F3 near Mt White west of Sydney.
A family friend of Mr Holmes said the neighbour was constantly playing music so loud late into the night that no one could get any sleep.
"This guy told another neighbour that he was going to play his music again on Saturday night and that if Stephen tried to stop him he would kill him," she said ...
The 41-year-old father of four, who had just had a big promotion at the Helensburgh Coal mine, died on the scene while his eldest child sat by his side.
The youngest, just two years old, could be heard repeating "my daddy's dead, my daddy's dead" ...
Neighbours told The Daily Telegraph numerous complaints had been made against the alleged shooter.
"There were all sorts of weird rumours going around about him. He used to sit out in the rain playing his banjo or ukulele into the early hours of the morning," one neighbour said.
Another neighbour said he heard the two men swearing loudly at each other before the gun shot went off ...
The banjo-playing fugitive is believed to be hiding somewhere on the Central Coast ...
Inspector Chris Taylor said he could not confirm or deny claims by residents that nothing had been done in response to numerous complaints they made to police against the man, described as 175cms tall with a medium build and white thinning hair.
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