Controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank has reportedly been shot in his Ascot Vale home in Melbourne's north-west.
Serious Crime Response Team detectives are investigating after a 52-year-old man's forehead was grazed when several shots were fired at the front of the Gillespie Avenue home at 2.20am on Saturday.
Another person in the house at the time of the incident escaped without injury.
Channel Nine and ABC have reported the victim as Stephen Dank, the man at the centre of the Essendon drugs saga.
Channel Nine and ABC have reported the victim as Stephen Dank, the man at the centre of the Essendon drugs saga.
Neighbour Dean said he was surprised by the shooting in the quiet street and that he had been asleep at the time.
"We've got dogs that would bark at the slightest noise and they didn't go off last night so whatever happened was pretty quiet," he said.
Dean said he knew Dank lived there but didn't know him well.
"He just keeps to himself, we see him a bit on the park, making some phone calls, but that's about it," he said.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Creina O'Grady said the man was taken to hospital for treatment and a crime scene has been established.
