UPDATE: A man has been charged after a nine-year-old girl was injured in a shooting on a residential street in Sydney's south. 9News
Emergency services raced to a home at Queens Road, Connells Point after reports of up to five bullets fired about 5.50pm on Friday.The little girl was rushed to hospital in a stable condition.
She was taken to the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick in a stable condition with injuries to her buttocks. It's understood the girl was with a woman and two other children unpacking groceries from a car when another car drove past and opened fire.There was also a drive-by shooting on the same street last year in November. It is not known if the shootings are linked.Police carried out targeted vehicle stops and search operations of known members and associates of organised crime networks.He was taken to St George Police Station where he was charged with one count of shoot at with intent to murder.
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