Father-to-be killed in execution-style drive-by shooting in Melbourne
A manhunt is underway after a father-to-be was killed during an execution-style drive-by shooting in Melbourne yesterday.
Aaron Toth, 30, was found with a gunshot wound inside a Volkswagen Golf on Bride Avenue, Hampton Park at 12.30am yesterday.
He died at the scene.
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Aaron Toth was killed in Hampton Park yesterday. Nine
Man killed in drive-by shooting in Melbourne. Nine
A witness told police that a Ford Ranger utility was seen driving away from the area at the time.
Multiple neighbours reported waking to the sound of gunshots.
What is believed to be the same vehicle was found burnt out at Sweeney Reserve in Berwick about 9km from the scene of the shooting, about 2.30am yesterday.
Detectives are trying to determine why Toth, whose partner is pregnant, was outside the home and what sparked the attack.
The ute was found torched about 9km from the scene of the shooting. Nine
A ute believed to have been involved in the shooting was found burnt-out. Nine
He was from Cranbourne, about a 16-minute drive from where he was murdered.
Detectives are currently on the scene as an investigation has been launched.
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