<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive</span></strong><span>: Embattled Bulldogs star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has been questioned by police as his car is suspected of having been used in a drive-by shooting, 9News can reveal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 23-year-old AFL player has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a 71-year-old grandfather was shot at.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Douglas Lee, 71, was returning to his Glen Iris home on June 11 when his car was shot at three times.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/qantas-cyber-attack-additional-information-impacted-customers-email/9dddb6d7-0df5-4c23-b79d-e4f60c44fc8a"><strong><span>Qantas cyberhack worse than some customers were first told</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I heard a shot. which was quite surprising. I looked up, saw a car approaching me rapidly ... but as I steered myself for the collision they passed me and fired two more shots," Lee said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The grandfather wasn't injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The shooters sped away in a four-wheel drive, which police suspect was Ugle-Hagan's.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/jamarra-uglehagan--police-suspect-afl-stars-car-was-used-in-driveby-shooting/3a7cfc2a-2770-452d-b30b-1362505da307" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe the shooting was a case of mistaken identity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On June 3, Ugle-Hagan recorded a podcast, opening up on his mental health battle, saying he reached "a point where I had to give my car to a mate so I couldn't drive".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just didn't trust myself driving," he told </span><em><span>Rip Through It</span></em><span> podcast hosts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-news-multiple-cars-hit-during-highspeed-police-chase-across-melbourne-freeways/df523378-9807-4a20-9c52-ea41226a75aa"><strong><span>Multiple cars hit during high-speed police chase across Melbourne freeways</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nearly two weeks after the drive-by shooting, Ugle-Hagan reported on his social media that another vehicle, a Toyota ute belonging to him, had been stolen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood Ugle-Hagan has been spoken to by police and ruled out as a suspect.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News is not suggesting he's involved in criminal activity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives are still trying to work out who was in the car at the time of the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Western Bulldogs Football Club has said in a statement that it "is aware of a police incident involving a vehicle registered to Jamarra Ugle-Hagan".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Club is satisfied that Jamarra was not involved in the incident and that he had not been in possession of the vehicle for some time before it occurred," the statement reads.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Jamarra has fully cooperated with the subsequent police investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Club is continuing to support Jamarra as he works through the management plan that was developed with him earlier this year."</span></div></div>

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