An elderly man was badly injured when he was shot during a house robbery at his Allison Road home on the Bluff on Tuesday morning.
“Medics arrived and found a man in his seventies with a gunshot wound to his upper chest‚” said Rescue Care spokesman Garrith Jamieson.
“He was stabilised on scene by advanced life support paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital for the further care that he required.”
Police spokespeople had not responded to requests for comment at the time of publishing.
Elderly man shot in Bluff home invasion
An elderly man was badly injured when he was shot during a house robbery at his Allison Road home on the Bluff on Tuesday morning.
“Medics arrived and found a man in his seventies with a gunshot wound to his upper chest‚” said Rescue Care spokesman Garrith Jamieson.
“He was stabilised on scene by advanced life support paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital for the further care that he required.”
Police spokespeople had not responded to requests for comment at the time of publishing.