WYDNHAM: Arrests after Hoppers shooting
Armed Crime Squad detectives arrested two men ollowing a non-fatal shooting in Hoppers Crossing on Wednesday (Apr. 9).
With assistance from the Special Operations Group, a 38-year-old Eynesbury man was arrested in Eynesbury at 7.30pm.
A 27-year-old Hoppers Crossing man was then arrested by the Special Operations Group at his home address just before 9pm.
Two search warrants were subsequently executed at residential addresses in Eynesbury and Hoppers Crossing, where investigators seized a stolen vehicle, false number plates and edged weapons.
The 38-year-old Eynesbury man was charged with theft of motor vehicle and displaying cloned plates.
He was bailed to appear at Werribee Magistrates’ Court on August 11.
The 27-year-old Hoppers Crossing man was released pending further enquiries.
The activity follows an incident on Wednesday (Apr. 9) when police were called to reports of an injured man in the vicinity of Durham Crescent shortly after 9am.

