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Police investigate South Launceston shooting

August 25, 2022 10:01 pm in by

A Tasmania Police vehicle in Hobart, Wednesday, August 10, 2022. (AAP Image/Rob Blakers) NO ARCHIVING

(Image: AAP/Rob Blakers)

A woman has been taken to hospital with a gun shot wound to her leg after an incident last night in South Launceston.

Police responded shortly before midnight last night to reports of shots being fired into a shed in Leslie Street.

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The 36-year-old woman was take to Launceston General Hospital.

Her injuries are not life threatening.

Police say the incident is between people known to each other.

Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to contact Tasmania Police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers at crimestopperstas.com.au or on 1800 333 000. Information can be provided anonymously.

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