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Surveillance footage captured a group of masked individuals stealthily approaching the driveway of a residence on Mander Court in Wellington Point around 1 a.m. yesterday.
The intruders appeared to be carrying firearms.
Inside the home, a 25-year-old man was confronted while he was alone.
“He was just in here playing his game with his headphones on, and he just looked up and they were all there in the door,” recounted the victim’s mother, Seanne McMahon.
“He refused to give them the combinations for the safe or anything, so they severely beat him… and when he still wouldn’t cooperate, they shot him,” she added.
The group escaped with several valuables and a Dodge Ram ute.
Emergency services arrived a short time later and took the 25-year-old to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
”From the beatings, he had a five-hour surgery yesterday to correct the fractured, broken eye socket on his right-hand side, he’s got cracked teeth,” McMahon said.
Police believe the home invasion was a targeted attack and that there is no ongoing threat to the public.
The men responsible are still at large and a stolen vehicle remains outstanding.
“These people are in the community with guns, they can do this to any person that they think has money or whatever that they that owes them something in life,” McMahon said.