Ex fires bullet into floor at estranged wife's Double Bay home after argument: police A father allegedly fired a bullet into the floor of his estranged wife's Double Bay house when he went to collect his children from her, police say. The 35-year-old man had already put the couple's children in his car and returned to the house on Manning Road on Monday afternoon before pulling out a gun and firing it into the floor of an upstairs bedroom, police say. Police will allege in court that the man went to the house about 2pm to collect his two children. However, when he arrived at the woman's house, an argument broke out between the pair. The man placed their children in his car parked out the front of the house before returning and firing the weapon, police say. He then allegedly took some property from the home before driving away with their children. The woman called police, and officers from the Rose Bay local area command set up a crime scene at the home and launched an investigation. Police said the man later called his solicitor, who then contacted police about the incident. The man went to Burwood Police Station and was charged with firing a firearm in a manner likely to injure persons/property, stealing property in a dwelling house and common assault. He was refused bail to appear in Burwood Local Court on Tuesday. The couple's children are being cared for by relatives.