Man executed in Melbourne’s north ‘has links to organised crime’
A hit team executed a man outside a home in Melbourne’s outer north on Thursday evening before fleeing the scene in a car and on foot.
CCTV footage from Gypsum Drive in Wollert shows the incident unfolding about 5.30pm, with a woman left screaming next to the man’s body on the footpath.
The scene was cordoned off on Friday while homicide squad detectives investigated the incident. Police confirmed the victim was a 42-year-old Wollert man.
“No arrests have been made and at this early stage of the investigation, police are treating the incident as targeted,” police said in a statement.
Footage obtained by this masthead shows two black-clad figures run from Gypsum Drive, into nearby Lowline Way getting into a red sedan and speeding away .
A series of gunshots are heard in quick succession before a third man, also wearing black, appears to pick up a black bag and run off through a park and then along a residential street.
Another video obtained by Nine News shows paramedics comforting a distressed woman as she sits on the ground next to the victim.
Manav Matharoo, who lives on nearby Lowline Way, ran outside after the shooting and saw a woman sobbing uncontrollably.
“When we learned there had been a shooting next door it was a real shock,” he said. “It’s never happened before, we couldn’t sleep the whole night.”
Alok Singh said the woman was crying and “screaming at the top of her voice, I think she was just in shock.”
In the same suburb last year, Melbourne underworld figure Athan Boursinos was shot in a laneway behind his family home.
The 21-year-old, who was part of a street gang controlled by tobacco kingpin Kazem “Kaz” Hamad and his cousin, was ambushed in broad daylight on July 31, 2025 by hitmen hired by a NSW crime syndicate.
The site of Boursinos’ death in Wollert is a five-minute drive from the scene of Thursday’s homicide.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au .
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