NINE people have now been charged after a near-fatal shooting in Frankston North earlier this month.
A 36-year-old Dandenong man was found with a gunshot wound to his head on Armata Crescent just after 7pm on 4 November. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening-injuries, where he has remained since. Victoria Police detective acting senior sergeant Dave Shannon said “the outcome of this incident has been devastating for a young family – a 36-year-old man remains in hospital with life altering injuries.”
Police have arrested nine people in relation to the shooting and an alleged aggravated home invasion they believe is linked earlier in the day. Police allege that the linked home invasion occurred on Raymond Avenue in Frankston just before 6pm on 4 November.
Police spent the beginning of last week looking for a man allegedly involved in the home invasion, and arrested him on Wednesday 20 November. Last week a 22-year-old Seaford man was arrested in Melbourne’s CBD and charged with aggravated home invasion, four counts of common law assault, affray, violent disorder, and two counts of criminal damage. He was scheduled to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court later that day.
A 17-year-old Bentleigh boy, 18-year-old Frankston North woman, 21-year-old Mornington man, 22-year-old Frankston North man, 23-year-old Mornington woman, 24-year-old Cranbourne North man, 26-year-old Carrum Downs woman, and a 29-year-old Carrum Downs man have all been arrested and charged. A 28-year-old Cranbourne North woman was arrested and released pending further enquiries. Last Tuesday a 59-year-old Frankston North woman was also arrested and released.
First published in the Frankston Times – 26 November 2024