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.
Officers established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Inquiries continue.
