Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged two men as part of the ongoing investigation into a non-fatal shooting in Doveton on 30 October 2025.

Emergency services attended Paperbark Avenue around 2pm after reports of a man with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle. Officers located a 35-year-old Pakenham man in the front passenger seat of a black Mazda sedan suffering serious lower body injuries. He was taken to hospital.