Victim shot in buttocks in suspected home invasion

A Lower Hutt man shot in the buttocks on Monday night is likely to be interviewed by police today.

Police said the man was at his Naenae home when he was confronted by three men in what appeared to have been a home invasion.

The man was shot in the buttocks and thigh with a .22 rifle. He was treated in Hutt Hospital for injuries including a broken femur.

Sergeant Brent Murray said the man was in a delirious state after the incident and police had initially not been able to interview him.

They hoped to do so today as he recovered from surgery.

The three men were described as male Maori or Polynesians, one with long black hair to his shoulders and wearing a bold red coloured long-sleeved hooded sweatshirt.

Police were alerted to the incident when another occupant of the house ran to a service station and called them.

- NZPA