Man shot dead outside Wollert home as detectives investigate targeted killing
A 42-year-old man was shot dead outside his home in Wollert, in Melbourne’s northern outskirts, on Thursday evening. Homicide detectives are investigating whether the killing was targeted; police say the man’s death is suspicious and have made no arrests.
CCTV footage reportedly captured a woman screaming after finding the man, and separately showed two men running to a Holden Commodore and driving away. The man was understood to be an associate of former underworld figure Kazem “Kaz” Hamad, who was deported to Iraq in 2023 and sentenced there to life in prison this year for drug-importation offences. Police have not formally identified the victim or released further details.
- A 42-year-old man was shot dead outside his Wollert home.
- Police are investigating whether the killing was targeted.
- No arrests have been made.
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Wollert is a suburb on Melbourne’s northern outskirts, in the Australian state of Victoria. A fatal shooting there is being investigated by homicide detectives, who examine deaths that may have been caused unlawfully.
Police are considering whether the killing was targeted, meaning the victim may have been deliberately chosen, but they have not confirmed a motive or made arrests. The man was reported to have links to Kazem “Kaz” Hamad, a former underworld figure deported to Iraq in 2023; that reported association does not establish why he was killed.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “CCTV captures woman’s screams after man is shot dead outside his suburban home in Melbourne as cops probe suspected gangland hit”.