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Drive-by shooting targets tobacco store amid gang wars

Drive-by shooting targets tobacco store amid gang wars

Police are investigating after a passenger in a passing car is believed to have fired shots at a tobacco store in Melbourne's north.

Killers of dad-to-be on night of violence are 'cowards'

Killers of dad-to-be on night of violence are 'cowards'

Killers of dad-to-be on night of violence are 'cowards'

Killers of dad-to-be on night of violence are 'cowards'

The devastated parents of a man shot dead in a case of mistaken identity have called his killers "cowards" as new footage revealed the night of violence.

'Distressing': father shot trying to protect daughter

'Distressing': father shot trying to protect daughter

'Distressing': father shot trying to protect daughter

'Distressing': father shot trying to protect daughter

A shooter is on the run after a woman was followed home by a stranger who then shot her concerned father in the stomach, police say.

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'Enraged' shooter targeted wife and family before death

'Enraged' shooter targeted wife and family before death

Investigators are trying to unpick what led a man from Victoria, with scant police history, to target his family in a shooting in suburban Sydney.

Hundreds of 'shots fired' reports before cop killings

Hundreds of 'shots fired' reports before cop killings

Police recorded hundreds of “shots fired” incidents around a rural property in the years before six people were killed, a coroner has heard.

After record 10 Olympics, shooter Salukvadze is done

After record 10 Olympics, shooter Salukvadze is done

Georgian pistol shooter Nino Salukvadze is retiring after competing at the Olympics 10 times - a Games record for women.

Police probe shootings suspected to be linked

Police probe shootings suspected to be linked

Two men remain in hospital after one was found with gunshot wounds to his head and another with shoulder injuries in attacks police believe may be linked.

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Smith had to hot-foot it to shops before Games bronze

Smith had to hot-foot it to shops before Games bronze

Smith had to hot-foot it to shops before Games bronze

Smith had to hot-foot it to shops before Games bronze

An unexpected decision by the competition judges meant Penny Smith had to go shopping for shoes two days before her Olympic trap bronze medal.

Australia's Smith claims shooting bronze at Olympics

Australia's Smith claims shooting bronze at Olympics

Australia's Smith claims shooting bronze at Olympics

Australia's Smith claims shooting bronze at Olympics

Australian trap shooter Penny Smith has won her first Olympic medal, taking trap bronze after scraping into the final.

Shooting hope Willett misfires in Olympic trap bid

Shooting hope Willett misfires in Olympic trap bid

Shooting hope Willett misfires in Olympic trap bid

Shooting hope Willett misfires in Olympic trap bid

Australia's world No.2 trap shooter James Willett has missed out on his bid for Olympic gold, struggling early in the Chateauroux final to finish sixth.

Willett makes ideal start in Olympic trap qualifying

Willett makes ideal start in Olympic trap qualifying

Willett makes ideal start in Olympic trap qualifying

Willett makes ideal start in Olympic trap qualifying

Australian trap shooter James Willett is equal-first after the first three of five qualifying rounds, with the gold medal to be decided on Tuesday.

Georgian shooter now the first 10-time female Olympian

Georgian shooter now the first 10-time female Olympian

Georgian shooter now the first 10-time female Olympian

Georgian shooter now the first 10-time female Olympian

Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze has created her own slice of Olympic history at the Paris Games.

Chinese shooters win first Paris gold

Chinese shooters win first Paris gold

Chinese shooters win first Paris gold

Chinese shooters win first Paris gold

The first gold medal of the Paris Games went to Chinese shooters Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao.

PM calls for unity and calm in Trump shooting aftermath

PM calls for unity and calm in Trump shooting aftermath

PM calls for unity and calm in Trump shooting aftermath

PM calls for unity and calm in Trump shooting aftermath

Anthony Albanese is calling for political tensions and talk to cool and an end to violence in the wake of a suspected assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

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Streak extends for Australia's Paris pistol 'threat'

Sergei Evglevski will continue his family's enduring Olympic history in Paris, where he wants to put Australian pistol shooting on the pedestal.

Bikie turned boxer survives targeted shooting

Shots have been fired at former Mongols bikie Suleiman "Sam" Abdulrahim outside his Melbourne home after two cars were set alight.

Missing Victorian alpine campers murder trial begins

Twelve jurors and two substitutes have been tasked with deciding whether Greg Lynn is guilty or innocent of the murder of two campers in regional Victoria.

Shooter Willett wins trap gold, Smith takes silver

Australian trap shooters James Willett and Penny Smith have shown excellent pre-Olympics form at the World Cup round in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Man charged over 'targeted' fatal shooting at shops

Homicide squad detectives have charged a 40-year-old man over the shooting death of a 33-year-old outside shops in Melbourne's north.

Second man charged over gangster's shooting murder

A 24-year-old Sydney man is the second to be charged with murder after gangland figure Gavin "Capable" Preston was gunned down at a suburban cafe.

Man's 'targeted' shooting prompts homicide probe

Homicide squad detectives are investigating after a man was shot dead in a "very targeted" attack in Melbourne's north on Good Friday.

Man shot after 'officers threatened, police car stolen'

A man has allegedly threatened officers with weapons, stolen a police car and sparked a pursuit before being shot in far north Queensland.

Motorcycle 'key' to cracking mafia figure's murder

Victoria Police want the public's help to find a motorcycle they say is key to their investigation into John Latorre's murder.

Police return to area of cyclist shooting as trail cold

Detectives are at a dead end in their investigation over what was behind an elderly cyclist's shooting, seven years after the attack.

'Terrible dilemma' led officer to shoot woman dead

A police officer shot dead a woman in her mid-20s in Melbourne's northeast after she was found stabbing her mother.

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