Police are investigating another shooting in Melbourne's suburbs after a teenager was attacked in broad daylight in the city's west. The gang crime squad is now searching for three people who ran from the scene.
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00:00 Captured on CCTV in the middle of the afternoon, a shot fired.
00:07 Three men chased a teenager down a driveway before running away.
00:11 My son heard some bangs on the street.
00:14 I didn't know what it was. I was a bit scared.
00:17 The victim, an 18-year-old, stumbling home injured just before 4pm.
00:22 Police and paramedics arriving minutes later.
00:26 Orlando Drive in Trugganaina is declared a crime scene.
00:30 We've been living in the area for a long time and never felt it's unsafe or something
00:36 until this sort of incident happened and that's so too close to the house.
00:41 The teenager suffered a gunshot wound to his upper body and injuries to his arm and leg,
00:46 all considered non-life threatening.
00:49 The guy was going in quite in good spirit.
00:52 He waved everyone and said, "I'm okay."
00:56 The gang crime squad are now leading the investigation.
00:59 Police, who seized evidence from the victim's home last night, say this was a targeted attack.
01:05 It's terrifying to be honest when we saw actually people running and shooting.
01:11 The victim's mother has told the ABC she is heartbroken at what's happened.
01:15 The victim is her eldest son.
01:18 Residents here say police have attended the property before and are also concerned.
01:23 Now we are feeling a little bit scared.
01:26 It follows a number of shootings across Melbourne suburbs over the past month.
01:30 Police say they have no information this latest incident is linked to the others,
01:35 but investigations are continuing.
01:37 Mike Lorigan, ABC News Melbourne.
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