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7NEWS live updates: Investigation underway after woman shot in the leg in Villawood, Sydney

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A woman has been rushed to hospital after being shot in the leg at a home in Sydney’s southwest.

Emergency services initially received reports of “shots fired” along Binna Burra St in Villawood about 1am on Friday.

They arrived to find a 50-year-old woman at a home with a gunshot wound to her leg.

Paramedics treated the woman before rushing her to hospital in a serious condition.

Police were spotted at the scene scouring through the home and front yard as part of an ongoing investigation.

A man has drowned after being approached by police in the NSW Hunter Valley region.

Police received reports of suspicious activity in the carpark of a service station on Wine Country Dr in Nulkaba, just north of Cessnock, about 6.20pm on Thursday.

Officers attempted to speak to a man in a vehicle before he ran away and jumped into a nearby dam.

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