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Police swarm Kensington Gardens home in hunt for Murray Bridge shooting suspect

STAR Group officers have swarmed a home at Kensington Gardens in the hunt for a man allegedly linked to a shooting at Murray Bridge.

STAR Group officers swarmed a Kensington Gardens home in the hunt for a shooting suspect.
STAR Group officers swarmed a Kensington Gardens home in the hunt for a shooting suspect.

Police and STAR Group officers have swarmed an eastern suburbs property on the hunt for a man allegedly linked to a shooting in Murray Bridge.

Officers raided a house on The Parade, Kensington Gardens, on Monday afternoon, searching for the suspects related to the shooting.

It is understood the operation is in relation to shots fired at a home in Gail Crescent at Murray Bridge in the early hours of Monday morning.

Police said the suspect was not located at the Kenginston Gardens home, but a motorcycle was confiscated for further examination.

Murray Bridge property involved in the drive by shooting on Monday morning., Picture: 7NEWS
Murray Bridge property involved in the drive by shooting on Monday morning., Picture: 7NEWS

The suspect was allegedly involved in a drive-by shooting which left a broken bedroom window and multiple shrapnel holes at the front of a Murray Bridge property.

The home’s occupants were inside the home, at the time of the shooting, but managed to escaped without injury after two shots were fired.

Murray Bridge property involved in the drive by shooting on Monday morning., Picture: 7NEWS
Murray Bridge property involved in the drive by shooting on Monday morning., Picture: 7NEWS

Police stated the Murray Bridge incident was not considered to be random.

Murray Bridge CIB had attended the incident with Crime Scene Investigators to further investigate the scene.

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