A teenage boy who filmed himself shooting a 61-year-old man during a seven-minute home invasion in Gladstone Park, Melbourne, and later boasted on Snapchat about "getting paid" is set to face trial as an adult following a landmark court ruling. The decision means the teenager could be exposed to significantly harsher sentencing than would apply under Victoria's youth justice system, reflecting the severity of the offence and the courts' increasing willingness to treat serious violent crimes by minors with adult-level consequences.

The attack saw the victim shot during the home invasion, with the offender capturing footage of the incident before circulating boastful messages about profiting from the crime on social media. Details of the specific charges and the reasoning behind the ruling to try the boy as an adult were not fully outlined, though the case has drawn attention in Australia as an example of courts departing from standard juvenile proceedings for particularly grave offences.