Former cop turned real estate agent who is fighting for life after being gunned down outside his home was once acquitted of shooting dead an accused paedophile
- Said Morgan was acquitted in 1997 for shooting an alleged paedophile in 1995
- The former cop was no reinstated so then became a real estate agent in Sydney
- Mr Morgan is now in hospital in a critical condition with life-threatening injuries
- The men, aged 29 and 30, were taken into custody for questioning on Saturday
A former detective who is fighting for his life after being shot in the face was once acquitted of a shooting dead an accused paedophile.
Said Morgan, also known as Sid, then 31, shot an alleged paedophile six times at a home in Oakhurst home in Sydney's west in 1995.
Mr Morgan was acquitted of murder after the Supreme Court found that he had acted out of fear for the future safety of the girls, Daily Telegraph reported.
Two men have been arrested over the shooting of former detective Sid Morgan (pictured)
Neighbours claim to have seen three men arguing out the front of a Point Cook home (pictured) before hearing a gunshot
The now 53-year-old real estate agent is fighting for his life at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after he was allegedly shot in the forehead and left to bleed in the middle of the street on Friday night.
Two men, both from Melbourne's southwestern suburb of Point Cook, were arrested on Saturday morning.
A 30-year-old was arrested in Point Cook, the suburb where the alleged shooting took place.
The second suspect, 29, was taken into custody in Nagambie, more than 150km from the crime scene.
Both are assisting the Homicide Squad.
Mr Morgan suffered serious head injuries after being shot in the forehead at the end of Spraypoint Drive on Friday at about 11pm.
One neighbour said they saw three people arguing on the street minutes before the trigger was pulled.
Mr Morgan was taken to hospital where he still remains critical with life-threatening injuries.
CCTV footage captured a ute speeding erratically from the scene of the crime (pictured)
Suhair Bdeiwe, another witness, heard the gun shot and ran to her balcony where she saw a white ute speeding away from the scene.
She said she thought the sound of the gunshot was a car crash until she saw the body in the middle of the street.
'I saw the body … in the middle on the street,' she told The Herald Sun.
'I just went inside and in less than a minute police and ambulance arrived. I was scared.'
Security cameras captured the light-coloured ute heading in the same direction as the one Ms Bdeiwe had described.
Charges have yet to be laid on the two suspects.
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