Police are investigating after shots were fired into a house at Wellington.
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Police were called to a home on Maughan Street about 12.30am on Monday after reports of malicious damage to a vehicle.
They were called to the home again about 2am after reports a bullet hole was found on the exterior of the home.
Examinations have revealed a number of bullets entered the home, however, no one was injured.
It is not known when the shots were fired into the home.
Police from Orana Local Area Command are investigating the incident and specialist forensic officers examined the scene on Monday.
Inspector Dan Skelly urged anyone with information about the incident to come forward.
“It’s a particularly alarming incident given people were inside the home at the time,” he said.
“It could not only have been malicious damage of property, it could also have been a serious incident in people could have been injured or lost their life.”
Faye Wheeler
I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.
I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.
