‘Targeted incident’
Police investigations are continuing into the shooting of a man in Horsham last week.
Emergency services were called to reports multiple offenders had broken into a Cecil Street property about 7.15am on Friday.
A man, 36 – the resident of the property – sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said the offenders fled the scene.
No arrests had been made when The Weekly Advertiser went to press last night.
The spokesperson said the exact circumstances surrounding the incident were yet to be determined, but police believe it was a targeted incident.
The spokesperson called on anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Pedestrians struck
Northern Grampians Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man after two pedestrians were struck by a car in Stawell on Wednesday last week.
Police allege three pedestrians were walking near the intersection of Sloane and Cooper streets about 5.20pm when a maroon Toyota Corolla struck the group.
Two male pedestrians of Stawell, aged 53 and 23, were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle, a Stawell man, 35, was arrested at the scene.
Cannabis find
Ballarat Divisional Response Unit detectives have seized more than 2000 cannabis plants at Landsborough, east of Stawell.
Police executed a search warrant at a Leslies Lane property and found 2177 plants across 10 greenhouses on Tuesday, last week.
A Barkly man, 39, was arrested at the scene.
Police searched his vehicle and allegedly located a firearm.
Investigators later searched a property on Johnsons Gully Road, in Barkly, and recovered four cannabis plants.
Police have charged the man with cultivating narcotic plant, nonprohibited person possessing Cat A longarm, non-prohibited person possessing cartridge ammunition, handling stolen goods and possessing cocaine.
He’s been bailed to appear at Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on May 8.