A shooting victim was warned a man was "going to whack" him a short time before he took a bullet to the face and ended up in a coma for a week, a court has heard.
Sugimatatihuna Mena, the man alleged to have shot the victim in the jaw, forearm and stomach, went on trial in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm and discharging a firearm in an act endangering life.