Overview

• On June 1 around 9am, a man in his 30s was discovered with a gunshot wound to his leg following a collision at Raleigh Road and Leicester Crescent in Melton.
• Residents reported hearing a gunshot from the direction of Wolfe Road before witnessing the victim’s stolen Volkswagen halt at the crash site.
• Victoria Police recovered a sawed-off shotgun and bloody clothes from a nearby footpath and seized the crashed vehicle.
• A man was detained on Sunday afternoon near the scene and is assisting detectives with their inquiries.
• The injured driver remains in stable condition at Royal Melbourne Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.