Two shot in Newcastle home invasion
A NEWCASTLE man was fighting for his life in hospital last night after being shot while sleeping at a friend’s home.
The family of Luke Convery said he was simply “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was shot in the head metres from where a two-year-old girl was sleeping. Police will allege a 31-year-old man broke into the Cole St, *Jesmond home, near Newcastle, about 2.20am armed with a .22 calibre pump-action rifle.
Officers say the intruder shot Mr Convery while he was sleeping in the lounge room, before going into a bedroom and shooting a 30-year-old man four times in the head.
It is believed the gunman was known to a woman who lived at the home.
Relatives of Mr Convery *described him as a “great kid” and said his condition was “touch and go” last night.
“He’s an innocent person. He doesn’t do drugs or anything. He doesn’t mind having fun with his mates but I think he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time,” relative Luke Sneddon said.
Mr Convery’s family was by his side at John Hunter Hospital last night, where he is on life support. The other man is in a serious but stable condition.
The alleged intruder was arrested soon after in Lambton and charged with shoot with intent to murder, break and enter and firearm offences.