A teenager who allegedly used an air rifle to shoot a man in the back and another in the buttocks on different days outside a pizza store has appeared in court.
Shawn Michael Hawkins appeared at Hamilton District Court yesterday to face charges following two incidents on December 24 and Christmas Day when he allegedly shot two men outside a Pizza Hut store on Grey St in Hamilton East.
The 18-year-old, who lives at a Grey St property close to where the two incidents happened, is facing charges of injuring with reckless disregard and two of causing injury by carelessly using a Hatsan Mod 90 .177 calibre air rifle.
He is also facing a charge of possession of cannabis.
A 31-year-old Hamilton man, who had ordered a pizza and was waiting outside the store, described a searing pain in his back when he was shot on Christmas Eve.