MERRI-BEK: Shooting at Hadfield


Armed Crime Squad detectives are appealing for public assistance as they investigate the circumstances surrounding a non-fatal shooting in Hadfield last Tuesday morning (Nov. 3).
Police were called to reports several shots were fired into a house on Lockley St about 4.10am.
Nine people were inside the property at the time of the incident.
It is understood further shots were fired in the street before a white SUV was seen leaving the area.
An 18-year-old Sunbury man self-presented at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper body a short time later.
Police were later called to reports of a suspicious vehicle on Chapman St in Glenroy about 9.50am.
Bullet holes were found on the white Toyota Kluger, which had stolen plates.
Police believe the incident was targeted and the parties involved are known to each other.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incidents and whether they are linked.