A 21-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in Bentleigh, in Melbourne’s south-east.

The incident happened at a home on South Road just after 6.30am.

The man had been shot in the upper body and was treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to The Alfred Hospital.

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There were four others inside the house at the time but police said no-one else was injured.

Police are investigating the shooting.

The incident comes just three days after a man was shot dead and his four-year-old son injured in their home in Thomastown.

It led the Victorian Government to announce it would fast-track changes to current gun laws in response to number of recent shootings around Melbourne.