A policeman and his reservist wife were shot and injured in a wild-west style shoot-out this morning. Warrant Officer Bruce Simpson and his wife, Corrie, were injured when their policevan came under fire on Victoria Street from a gang robbing Pick and Win Supermarket shortly after 9am.
Corrie was shot in the neck. A young by-stander was also shot and injured in the shoot-out as was a woman who was shopping at Pick and Win when about 10 men – armed with AK 47 rifles and 9mm pistols – entered the shop.
It is thought that more men were waiting outside. At least one of the robbers was shot and injured, police said. Some gang members were dressed in Emergency Medical Rescue Service overalls in a bid to deceive police.
Police recovered an amount of money when they arrested eight of the men. The other gang members are thought to have driven off towards Pomeroy.
Customers spoke of their shock as to having a quite Sunday morning thrown into bloody chaos. The blood stains at the entrance to Pick and Win Supermarket bear testimony to the ferocity of the shoot-out.
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