Teen still critical after Russian roulette

Family are anxiously watching the condition of teenager Josh Taylor who was shot in the head in a suspected game of Russian Roulette in Sydney's northwest.

A hand gun is displayed at the Police Centre in Sydney

A NSW teen remains in critical condition after he was shot in a suspected game of Russian roulette. (AAP)

Sydney teen Josh Taylor remains in critical condition after he pulled the trigger on a loaded revolver in a game of Russian roulette.

As his family hold a bedside vigil at Westmead Hospital, the teen continues to fight for his life.

Mr Taylor, 19, was sitting in a car outside the Pitt Town IGA supermarket in Sydney's northwest on Friday night with friends when he suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.

His mother has written of her desperate wish for his recovery.

"Come on son ...please please fight like you always have .. no words can explain how desperate we are for you to just hang on and fight," she wrote on Facebook over the weekend.

Police continue to investigate the incident and forensically examine the gun.


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