<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are today searching for a man believed to be armed with a gun in the mid-west region of Western Australia, about 400km north-west of Perth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kenneth John Giles, 58, was yesterday involved in an altercation with a woman known to him at a property 24km north of the town of Mullewa, when a firearm was fired about 5.30pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police issued a public safety alert and believe Giles fled in a white Nissan Patrol ute with the registration 1BIY 336.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-begins-operation-to-seize-venezuela-linked-oil-tanker/6fd704f8-8ffa-4195-a26e-d738451f2820" rel="" target="_blank" title=" US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela"><strong><span>US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman received a gunshot wound to her arm and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police confirmed the dog unit, tactical response group and air wing have been deployed to find Giles.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Any incident that where firearms are involved is a concern for us, and we take them extremely seriously and commit all the resources to our that we have at our disposal to resolving them," said Acting Inspector Tom Micklewright.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/police-hunt-alleged-gunman-in-wa/a570c6e2-37c0-48bf-99e7-74b1bd34097a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities are asking people across WA to look out for Giles or his vehicle, and to call triple zero if they spot him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>