CCTV released amid probe into shooting of ex-boxer in Melbourne
Police have released CCTV of a car they are looking for as part of their investigation after a former professional boxer with suspected underworld links was gunned down during a brazen ambush in Melbourne.
Hussein Dehaini, 33, was walking just metres away from his apartment along Mount Alexander Road in Ascot Vale when he was shot near a packed bar in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Hussein Dehaini was walking just metres away from his apartment along Mount Alexander Road in Ascot Vale, Melbourne when he was shot near a packed bar. 9News
Police say the shooter, a man, approached him in the street and “fired a number of shots”.
Dehaini tried to get home but collapsed and died on the way to hospital.
The shooter got into a nearby white Mercedes and headed west along North Street, police say.
Police have released CCTV of a car they are looking for after a former professional boxer with suspected underworld links was gunned down during a brazen ambush in Melbourne. Victoria Police
Officers saw the car being driven erratically heading south along Smithfield Road towards Footscray.
It almost hit a man walking near the roundabout at the intersection of Epsom Road and Racecourse Road in Flemington.
They’re appealing for him, as well as any other witnesses who saw the car to come forward.
They say they don’t know who else was in the car, and believe the shooting was a targeted attack.
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