Man in hospital after Sydney 'gun attack'
Police are searching for a group of men wanted over a bashing in Sydney's Macarthur region this afternoon.
Police swarmed into Peppin Crescent in Airds at about 2pm, after calls to Triple-zero about a gunman on the loose.
They arrived to find well known local man, Robert Lagatt, reeling with cuts to his head and hands.
Police advise caution in describing him as a victim, as they know him well.
He was obviously involved, they say, but whatever his role in it - he clearly lost.
Some witnesses describe seeing him getting hit with the butt of a shotgun.
Others say it was not a gun, but the subsequent manhunt was enough to force the lockdown of nearby John Warby Public School.
A man was taken away in handcuffs, but police will not go as far as to say he is a suspect.
At this stage, they are treating him only as a witness, and they are interviewing him tonight.
