Police are piecing together events that led to a pursuit and the shooting of an alleged offender in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Valentine this morning.
Detectives are carrying out a critical incident investigation at the scene on The Park Chase where one man was shot in the thigh by police and another arrested after a brief chase in bushland.
Police have confirmed the incident is linked to an earlier home invasion in the Newcastle suburb of Kotara
At one stage the Westpac rescue helicopter was called in to help search for the men.
The wounded man is in a stable condition in Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital. Another man is in police custody.
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