Police hunt shooter after fatal gun attack in Melbourne’s north
A man was shot dead on Mahoneys Road in Reservoir, in Melbourne’s north, shortly before midnight on Tuesday. Homicide detectives are investigating his death and whether the shooting was a targeted attack, while police search for the gunman.
The victim has not yet been formally identified and could not be revived at the scene. Detectives are examining a possible link to a burnt-out car found later in nearby Thomastown; people who set it alight reportedly left in a white car. The shooting was the fifth in Melbourne in the past fortnight, and Mahoneys Road has reopened after being closed overnight.
In short
- A man was shot dead in Reservoir shortly before midnight.
- Police are investigating a possible link to a burnt-out car.
- It was Melbourne’s fifth shooting in a fortnight.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Gunman on the run after man is shot dead on Melbourne street”.