Moonee Ponds police shooting ‘may be linked’ to attack on home of Carl Williams’ father George

Melbourne : The shooting of a police officer in Melbourne’s north-west may be linked to an earlier attack on the home of George Williams, the father of slain underworld figure Carl Williams, police say.A 31-year-old policeman was shot in the back of the head after he and his partner tried to pull over a car in Moonee Ponds about 3:40am.
Only 10 minutes earlier, gunshots were fired into the Broadmeadows home of George Williams.His son Carl Williams, one of Melbourne’s most high profile underworld figures, was bludgeoned to death in the high security Acacia Unit at Barwon Prison by his cell mate in 2010.Victoria Police said shots went into the front fence of his father’s house on Katandra Crescent and no one was injured.On Sunday a number of Molotov cocktails were hurled at a home on Primrose Street, just blocks away from where the shooting at Moonee Ponds took place.Roberta Williams, who was married to Carl Williams, lives nearby.It is unclear if all three incidents are linked.At the Moonee Ponds incident this morning, two officers tried to stop a black car, but the driver sped off.After a short pursuit, the officers tried to block the car with their van on Robinson Street but the driver steered around them.He then fired one shot from a 12-gauge shotgun out of the window, hitting the male officer who was driving the van.”Pellets have gone through the open window, injuring the first constable who was driving that van,” Detective Inspector Steve Clark said.”I’m pleased to say the injuries are not life-threatening.