A young man who accidentally shot himself in the head was then charged over a wild suburban shootout after police allegedly linked the same gun to both incidents.

Luke Morin appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court. Credit:Louie Douvis

Melbourne man Luke Morin lost his right eye, part of his brain and part of his skull after he shot himself in front of two women in what police described as an ice-related mishap in Bentleigh late last year.

He was placed in an induced coma and lived to tell the tale.

But his admission to hospital with a gunshot wound meant police were notified and, when Mr Morin was discharged from a rehabilitation facility last week, he was arrested after armed crime detectives allegedly linked the gun he shot himself with to a shootout a month earlier.