A man is in hospital after being shot in the shoulder by police on the Pacific Highway at Coffs Harbour.
Police said that about 10:25am, after officers stopped a northbound vehicle, a man allegedly drove at police.
An officer discharged their firearm before the man drove from the scene.
After a short pursuit a 29-year-old man was arrested without incident and was taken to Coffs Harbour Health Campus in a stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two crime scenes have been established and a critical incident team from the Mid North Coast Police District will investigate the incident.
Police have said that investigation would be subject to an independent review.
The police operation is ongoing and has closed the Pacific Highway at Stadium Drive.
Wedding goes ahead despite traffic chaos
Northbound traffic on the highway could be disrupted for some time while southbound traffic is not affected.
There are reports northbound traffic headed into Coffs Harbour is backed up at least 15 kilometres.
Alison Bergh and Richard Knight were due to be married in Coffs Harbour today; en route to their Park Beach venue they became stuck in traffic.
Instead of waiting it out, the two decided to have their wedding in Sawtell Beach where they became stranded.
"It's absolutely insane and the best wedding story that there could possibly be," Ms Bergh said.
"Fortunately it's only a small crowd that was going to be at the wedding, so we don't have to make lots of calls to tell everybody of the change of venue," Mr Knight said.
