An investigation is underway after a man was shot in the Hunter overnight.
\nAbout 6.45pm on Tuesday 18 December 2018, officers from Hunter Valley Police District were called to Cessnock Hospital after a man presented to emergency with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
\nIt\u2019s believed the man was shot at a home on Comerford Close, Aberdare between 6pm and 6.30pm.
\nThe 30-year-old man was stabilised, before being taken to John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition; police have been told he will undergo surgery.
\nDetectives from Hunter Valley Police District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An investigation is underway after a man was shot in the Hunter overnight. About 6.45pm on Tuesday 18 December 2018, officers from Hunter Valley Police District were called to Cessnock Hospital after a man presented to emergency with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. It\u2019s believed the man was shot at a home on Comerford … Continue reading “Man presents to hospital with a gunshot wound – Cessnock”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}