A 17-year-old boy was shot near St Albans Secondary College in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The boy, who is believed to be a year 12 student, was struck in the head and the arm with pellets near Percy Street in St Albans shortly after midnight.
It is believed he was among a group of year 12 students walking to the western suburbs school to plan a “muck-up day” prank, when the gunman shot him from the window of a passing car, 3AW reported.
A police spokeswoman said the shots were likely to have been fired from a shotgun.
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He was driven to Sunshine Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and later released.
Detectives are investigating the incident.
