Man airlifted to hospital after being shot in the chest in Victorian park

A Victorian man is in a serious condition after being shot in the chest in Moe.

Emergency services were called to Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve in Staff Street, Moe just after 4am on Monday to find a man with gunshot wounds.

A 69-year-old man was arrested after a brief search of the area and the injured man, aged in his 20s, has been airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a serious condition.