Weapon ... former Special Operations Group instructor George Hateley with the Advanced Taser M26 muscle paralysing stun gun in a 2000 demonstration. Picture: David Caird
Man Tasered in face, neck, shot in leg
Attackers stole mobile phone, car
Police also hunting second shooter
A SYDNEY man has been shot in the leg and Tasered in the face and neck by a group of men in the car park of a hardware store, police said.
About 9.45pm (AEST) two men, aged 23 and 27, took a vehicle to the carpark of Bunnings Warehouse at Casula in Sydney`s southwest, where they were to meet a party interested in buying the car.
"One of the men produced a shortened rifle and directed the two onto the ground where they were assaulted by the group," police said.
"During the incident, the 27-year-old was Tasered on the neck and face before being shot in the leg."
The three men stole a mobile phone from the victim and then left in a late model, dark blue Toyota Corolla.
The victim was taken to Liverpool Hospital where he is in a stable condition.
Meanwhile, in Queensland
Police are searching for a man following a shooting incident north of Brisbane.
Residents reported hearing two gunshots in their suburban street in Rothwell yesterday afternoon, and a man later presented himself to hospital with a gun shot wound.
Queensland police said the injured man was being questioned, along with four other people who were helping with inquiries.
"Police are searching for a male person allegedly involved in (the) shooting incident," a police spokesman said.
"Around 3.20pm (AEST) police were advised of shots being fired outside a residence in Cambridge Street".
The injured man, who was shot in the lower right leg, took himself to Redcliffe hospital.
Weapon ... former Special Operations Group instructor George Hateley with the Advanced Taser M26 muscle paralysing stun gun in a 2000 demonstration. Picture: David Caird
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