Man shot after three men storm Sydney home in terrifying home invasion

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A man has been taken to hospital after being shot in the leg during a home invasion in Sydney’s west, the latest in a string of shootings across the city.

Emergency services were called to Stafford Street, Penrith, about 11.45pm on Sunday after reports of three men storming a home and shooting a 26-year-old man in the leg.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene before he was taken to hospital.

He was taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious but stable condition. Five paramedic units attended the shooting including three intensive care teams.

Police are investigating and have appealed for dashcam footage from the area.

The 26-year-old man was shot in the leg during a home invasion.

The shooting is the latest across Sydney during a month of gun violence.

At least a dozen shots were fired into a home at Macquarie Fields on November 5.

Another man in his 20s was shot in the leg at Greenacre on November 12.

Up to 40 shots were fired into a home at Casula in Sydney’s south-west on November 15.

Three shootings in four hours on Wednesday night targeted homes and businesses, with one elderly couple’s Bossley Park home being shot up twice in 48 hours.

A gunman opens fire on a Bossley Park home on Friday morning.

Vision later emerged online of a gunman allegedly opening fire on the home, the automatic weapon allegedly used in the shooting was later found in an Audi crashed near the scene on Friday morning.

A 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged and remain before the courts.