Police spent a week trying to find Jayden Day after a series of violent incidents.

Police were appealing for public assistance to help locate Jayden Day.

A man wanted over a string of violent offences has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a cross-border pursuit before abandoning a stolen Bentley and swimming across a river to evade capture.

Jayden Day, 28, who was wanted over a shooting and a crowbar attack in Victoria’s northwest, was spotted driving a stolen dark-coloured Bentley on Biralee Avenue in Mildura about 7.20am on Wednesday.

Police initiated a pursuit, with a 23-year-old woman also believed to be inside the luxury vehicle.

The chase crossed into NSW before the Bentley was abandoned near Alfred Elms Road in Trentham Cliffs.

Investigators believe Day and the woman then swam across the Murray River and made their way back into Victoria.

Several members of the public alerted police after seeing an image of Day released as part of an appeal for information.

The pair were arrested in Mildura about 1.30pm on Wednesday, bringing the manhunt to an end.

Police previously urged residents to remain vigilant, warning the pair may attempt to gain access to another vehicle.

Investigators had also not ruled out the possibility that Day may still be armed.

Day is believed to have been involved in a series of incidents across the Mildura region over the past week.

Police allege he broke into a Hawthorne Grove home shortly after 1am on Thursday and fired a shot at a 25-year-old man believed to be known to him.

The bullet grazed the top of the man’s head, causing minor injuries.

Police say Day then fled the scene in a white dual cab ute.

Six days later, police allege he and another man jumped the fence of a backpackers’ hostel on Indi Ave in Red Cliffs about 1.50am on Tuesday.

The pair allegedly entered a room and struck a 61-year-old man in the head with a crowbar.

The victim was rushed to hospital with injuries and has since been released.

Police allege the pair fled in the same stolen dark-coloured Bentley later involved in Wednesday’s pursuit.

Following the investigation, a 28-year-old Mildura man was arrested after police executed a warrant at a Keam Street home on Tuesday night.

He was taken to hospital and remains under police guard.

SOURCE: https://7news.com.au/news/victoria-police-search-for-jayden-day-after-shooting-suspect-abandons-stolen-bentley-and-swims-across-murray-river-c-22377757