{"id":491904,"date":"2026-01-04T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/491904\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:16:18","slug":"gunman-on-the-run-after-man-allegedly-shot-in-gagebrook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/491904\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman on the run after man allegedly shot in Gagebrook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have launched an investigation after a man was allegedly shot in the leg at Gagebrook in Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 5:45pm on Sunday near Sattler Street, prompting an increased police presence in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities confirmed the victim sustained a gunshot wound to his lower leg and was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>His condition is currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/f214ed50-3r28b9qbjfin8ub_cm928\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f214ed50-3r28b9qbjfin8ub_cm928.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"f214ed50-3r28b9qbjfin8ub_cm928\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Police have launched an investigation into a shooting incident in Gagebrook. Image \/ Pulse (File)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/f214ed50-3r28b9qbjfin8ub_cm928-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/f214ed50-3r28b9qbjfin8ub_cm928-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f214ed50-3r28b9qbjfin8ub_cm928.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Police have launched an investigation into a shooting incident in Gagebrook. Image \/ Pulse (File)<\/p>\n<p>Police are searching for a person of interest who reportedly fled the scene shortly after the shooting in what has been described as a silver or blue mid-2000s Kia Sportage SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are urging anyone with information that could assist with the investigation to contact Glenorchy CIB on 131 444 and quote reference number OR794136.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/f214ed50-24rara3s2yi7jt8_e9z2f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f214ed50-24rara3s2yi7jt8_e9z2f.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"f214ed50-24rara3s2yi7jt8_e9z2f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The victim was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital for treatment. Image \/ Pulse (File)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/f214ed50-24rara3s2yi7jt8_e9z2f-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/f214ed50-24rara3s2yi7jt8_e9z2f-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f214ed50-24rara3s2yi7jt8_e9z2f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>The victim was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital for treatment. Image \/ Pulse (File)<\/p>\n<p>Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers Tasmania via their website at crimestopperstas.com.au or by calling 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have launched an investigation after a man was allegedly shot in the leg at Gagebrook in Hobart\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":491905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-491904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115837258047475222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}