Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad and Mill Park Divisional Response Unit charged three people overnight following a carjacking and a non-fatal shooting in St Albans last week.
With the assistance from the Special Operations Group, two men and a woman were arrested at a residential property in St Albans just after 4pm yesterday afternoon.
A 40-year-old Lalor man was charged with attempted murder, aggravated carjacking and firearms offences.
A 23-year-old Kings Park man and a 29-year-old Kings Park woman were both charged with aggravated carjacking and firearms offences.
The trio will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today.
The charges follow two separate incidents last week.
Police will allege the trio was involved in an aggravated carjacking in Lalor on Tuesday 1 November.
Investigators have been told two men approached a man in his vehicle on Maguire Street around 9pm and threatened him with a firearm, before the victim managed to flee the scene.
The trio followed the man in their vehicle before discharging a firearm in his direction on Blessington Parade, Lalor.
Shortly after, they approached another man sitting in his vehicle, a Skoda, in Carney Street.
The trio threatened the 28-year-old Lalor man with a firearm before an altercation took place between the victim and offenders, and they fled the scene in the victim’s Skoda.
The 28-year-old Lalor man was not physically injured during the incident.
On Thursday, 3 November, a 28-year-old St Albans man received a gunshot wound to his upper body at a residential address in St Albans.
He made his way to a business on Main Road East just after 9.30pm and approached a staff member for assistance
He was conveyed to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
A warrant was executed at a St Albans address late last night, and police subsequently seized the stolen Skoda, two firearms, ammunition, and a stolen motorcycle.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information on illicit firearms is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.auExternal Link
Quotes attributable to Detective Acting Inspector David Newman, Armed Crime Squad:
“We know that incidents such as this which involve firearms cause significant concern across the broader community.
“Rest assured; the indiscriminate use of illicit firearms remains a key focus for Victoria Police. We are committed to targeting those involved in this type of offending and holding them to account.”
