Police are on the hunt for three men, one with a gun, after a 34-year-old man was shot on his front lawn in Aberglassyn last night.
Emergency services were called to a property on Golden Whistler Avenue at about 10.45pm, following reports of a shot fired.
Police have been told the victim was outside his home when he became involved in an altercation with three men.
He was then shot in the abdomen.
The men were seen driving away in a white Mitsubishi Magna which was later located on fire in Railway Parade, Telarah.
The injured man was treated by paramedics and taken to Maitland Hospital before being airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.
An investigation is underway after a man was wounded in a public place shooting in the state's Hunter Region overnight. About 10.45pm (Tuesday 9 March.
A man is in a critical condition after being shot during a fight at a home in the NSW Hunter region overnight.
Emergency services were called to the property on Golden Whistler Avenue in Aberglasslyn around 10.45pm after shots were fired during a fight between a group of four men.
Police have been told a 34-year-old man was outside the home when he became involved in a physical altercation with three other men when he was shot in the abdomen.
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A man is in a critical condition after being shot in the abdomen in Hunter region overnight.(9News)
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