A 40-year-old Rosebud man has been released pending further inquiries after an Echo Taskforce investigation into a non-fatal shooting in Bulleen in August last year.

Four warrants were executed in Narre Warren South, Rosebud, Brooklyn and Hampton Park last week by police from the Echo Taskforce, Southern Metro Divisional Response Unit, Special Operations Group, Critical Incident Response Team and the AFP National Anti-Gangs Squad.

Three people were charged after the raids: A 28-year-old Narre Warren South man has been charged with attempted murder, intentionally causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury, criminal damage by fire (arson), using a category e unregistered handgun, and failure to provide a pin code.

A 29-year-old Hampton Park man has been charged with attempted murder, intentionally causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious Injury, criminal damage by fire (arson), and failure to provide a pin code.

A 30-year-old Brooklyn woman has been charged with attempted murder, intentionally causing serious injury, and recklessly causing serious injury.

The trio will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

Detectives in January charged 11 people in relation to the matter.

Leading Senior Constable Natalie Dean said the arrests followed the non-fatal shooting of a then 31-year-old man in Bulleen on 1 August 2019.

First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 17 November 2020