Overview
- Emergency calls at about 4:40am reported shots at a Loura Street house in Tallawong after an attempted break‑in with a sledgehammer.
- Police say two offenders returned to fire into the home before fleeing in a Mazda that crashed on nearby Ashburton Street.
- Officers searching the crashed car recovered a live grenade, two firearms, a sledgehammer, balaclavas and other items, with bomb technicians and ADF personnel removing the grenade safely.
- The man and woman inside the house were not injured, the male occupant is known to police, and investigators believe the attack was targeted.
- CCTV shows an item thrown into the home, forensics are working to confirm what it was, and detectives are assessing the incident alongside wider gang‑related inquiries and recent arrests in separate cases.