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Man charged after boy shot in face and neck in Sydney home

ABC News Anton Rose
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Changed after publishing · 3 edits
  • the headline was changed: Three men arrested Man charged after boy shot in face and neck in Sydney home
  • the headline was changed: Live: Boy in serious condition Three men arrested after being boy shot in the face and neck in Sydney home
  • the headline was changed: Live: Boy in serious condition after being shot in the face and neck in Sydney

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Overview

  • A child is in a serious condition after being shot in the face and neck in Sydney's north-west this afternoon.
  • Police said the shooting took place inside the Norwest home and five other people who were at the property at the time of the shooting were uninjured.
  • One local resident told the ABC he was driving home from work when he came across the intense police and paramedic presence.

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A child is in a serious condition after being shot in the face and neck in Sydney's north-west this afternoon.

Paramedics were called to Fairway Drive in Norwest just after 5pm after reports of a shooting.

"Officers attached to The Hills Police Area Command attended and found that a 11-year-old boy had been shot in the face and neck," an NSW Police statement said.

It is understood multiple paramedic crews were treating the 11-year-old at the scene, with two specialist medical teams also on site.

Police said the shooting took place inside the Norwest home and five other people who were at the property at the time of the shooting were uninjured.

The child is expected to be transferred to Westmead Children's Hospital shortly.

A crime scene has been set up, with the unit block where the shooting occurred cordoned off.

One local resident told the ABC he was driving home from work when he came across the intense police and paramedic presence.

"I see this absolute insane scene, something out of the movies," he said.

"This is something really unexpected of Norwest … it is quite frightening."

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  • ABC News Man charged after boy shot in face and neck in Sydney home plain
  • 7NEWS Boy, 11, seriously injured after being shot in face and neck at Norwest home in northwest Sydney plain
  • The West Australian 'Tragic': arrests after boy, 11, shot in face and neck plain
  • The West Australian Chris Minns issues gun warning after 11-year-old boy shot in face and neck at Norwest apartment in Sydney plain

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ABC Newsas they published this story 7.1 2 54 -0.1 23.7
7NEWS 8.3 1 25 -0.5 28.4
Mundane Readneutralized from ABC News 7.1 2 54 -0.1 23.7

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7NEWS Boy, 11, seriously injured after being shot in face and neck at Norwest home in northwest Sydney Niral 8.3 political 0 The West Australian 'Tragic': arrests after boy, 11, shot in face and neck Niral 12.6 political 0 The West Australian Chris Minns issues gun warning after 11-year-old boy shot in face and neck at Norwest apartment in Sydney Niral 4.2 political 0