Teen fighting for life and another injured after Melbourne street fight shooting

Teen fighting for life and another injured after Melbourne street fight shooting

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Teen fighting for life and another injured after Melbourne street fight shooting
Author: Australian Associated Press
Published: Jan, 24 2025 06:07

Detectives believe the boys, aged 15 and 17, were shot in a targeted attack during a Collingwood brawl involving up to 50 youths. Two teens are lucky to be alive after a targeted shooting during a street fight that embroiled dozens of youths, police say.

A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital while a 15-year-old has been hospitalised with serious injuries after both were found with gun shot wounds on Vere Street in Collingwood, inner Melbourne, about 1am on Friday. A crime scene was set up around the shooting, which happened near Collingwood College, and armed crime detectives are investigating.

Victoria police anti-gangs division Det Supt Jason Kelly said up to 50 youths had been fighting at a public housing estate on nearby Hoddle Street before the teens were shot and the group fled. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email. “It’s certainly concerning when a firearm is used in a public place … it’s really just luck that two people haven’t been killed,” he told reporters on Friday.

“[The 17-year-old] was treated by paramedics and conveyed to a local hospital, where he is at the moment and remains in a very serious condition.”. Several blocks around Palmer and Vere streets were cordoned off until late Friday morning. Blood has stained parts of the street and the housing complex where the shooting unfolded, as neighbours were rattled by the violence.

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