Police warn public over armed 80yo in Sydney
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Police are searching for an 80-year-old man with a large build. (ABC Graphics)
Police are warning people to stay away from an 80-year-old man they are looking for after a shooting in inner Sydney.
Police were called to a unit in Belvoir Street at Surry Hills just after 7:00pm AEDT last night where they found a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the lower stomach.
The man was taken to St Vincent's Hospital where he had surgery.
He is now in a stable condition.
Officers say they are searching for an 80-year-old man with a large build.
The man is known to police and is reported to have a tattoo of a sailing ship on one forearm and a heart and dagger tattoo on the other.
Police say the man may be armed with a handgun, and have urged people not to approach him.
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