Ex-winger Utai in serious condition after shooting
Former NRL player Matt Utai is in critical condition after being shot multiple times outside his home in Greenacre, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. The 44-year-old sustained gunshot wounds to his lower leg, shoulder, and upper chest area in what police believe was a targeted drive-by shooting.
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Utai, 44, sustained a "gunshot to his lower leg and his shoulder, upper chest area".
A 44-year-old was in a "serious but stable condition" after undergoing surgery.
"This was definitely targeted," Supt Hart said.
A man was killed and two other people critically injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney.
Paramedics treated three people for serious injuries.
A man had been arrested a short time later following a police operation in the area.
Matt Utai was a 2004 premiership-winning Canterbury winger.
Former NRL star Matt Utai shot outside home in western Sydney.
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