Vic: Police charge second man over Campbellfield shooting

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2007
Vic: Police charge second man over Campbellfield shooting

MELBOURNE, Aug 7 AAP - Victorian detectives have charged a second man over a shooting
outside a pizza shop in Melbourne's north that left three teenagers injured.

The 19-year-old man from suburban Roxburgh Park has been charged with attempted murder,
Victoria Police said.

The man had been under police guard in St Vincents hospital overnight while he recovered
from injuries from a separate incident involving a car accident on Saturday night.

He was arrested late yesterday along with a 19-year-old man from Meadow Heights, following
the shooting outside the shop in Barry Road, Campbellfield, about 9pm (AEST) on Saturday.

The incident followed an argument between two groups of youths in the shop which spilled
into the car park, where one of the men allegedly pulled out a shotgun.

An 18-year-old Coolaroo man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with serious
shotgun wounds to his stomach and upper leg.

The two others, brothers aged 16 and 19, were taken to the Northern Hospital with minor wounds.

The 19-year-old Meadow Heights man was charged with attempted murder, affray and intentionally
causing serious injury.

Both men, who have been remanded in custody, were expected to appear before Melbourne
Magistrates' Court today.

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