Shots were fired into a vehicle in Maffra Street, Coolaroo, about 9.30pm on October 23.

The incident occurred during a month-long Victoria Police firearms and weapons amnesty, which ended

on October 31 and gave people the opportunity to surrender unwanted and illegal weapons without facing charges.

Meadow Heights woman Megan Dowdle, 37, has been charged with possessing an unregistered firearm and discharging a firearm in a populous place and for making threats to kill and inflict serious injury.

She was bailed to appear at the Broadmeadows Magistrates Court on December 14.

Coolaroo man David Joyce, 35, was charged with conduct endangering life, conduct endangering persons, making threats to kill and discharging a firearm in a populous place.

He was remanded to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on January 20.

Hume District Inspector Tony Ryan said the recent incident was an isolated event.

"It was a dispute between two groups of people and not related to anything else - there is not a link with any other shootings that I know of."

Broadmeadows Progress Association president Betty Kosanovic said she did not want to see people living in Hume becoming afraid to leave their homes.

"I think it is dreadful - society is just going all wrong. We had this issue in Essendon a few years ago where you had to wonder about what gangs and people there are in society."

Broadmeadows resident John Rutherford said the community should not worry about the shootings.

"What we have to ask is, will it create a fear in the community? While there is a concern I don't think they are worrying about it too much.

"People are out and about and looking after each other in Hume and there is a good community spirit."

His wife Sonja, who is also the secretary of the Broadmeadows Progress Association, said weapon amnesties would help but would not eliminate the bad social factors.

"People who do not have a good attitude towards weapons will not hand them in anyway. It is a concern that we may be following in America's attitudes and that's a worry and we don't want to go down the same path as them.

"We don't want people to see firearms as a necessary part of life that people should be resorting to in bad situations."