Melbourne has been rocked overnight by two violent incidents with one man found seriously injured in the eastern suburbs and another shot dead in the city’s north.
Emergency crews were called to a house in Conway Crescent, Balwyn about 9pm Thursday where they found a man in a backyard with life-threatening injuries who was later rushed to hospital.
Hours later at 4.30am crews responded to another call to Justin Avenue, Glenroy in Melbourne’s northern suburbs where they found a man who had been shot in the street and who died at the scene.
A man has been rushed to hospital after he was found in a Balwyn, Melbourne backyard with critical injuries (pictured: officers at the scene)
Police are also investigating after a man was shot dead outside a strip of shops at Glenroy in the city’s north (pictured: multiple police vehicles at the scene)
Police are investigating the Balwyn incident including whether the man was deliberately assaulted causing his injuries.
He is understood to be in a critical condition in hospital.
The Glenroy incident has been handed to Homicide Detectives.
A Victoria Police spokesperson confirmed the man was found near a strip of shops.
The street has been cordoned off and a crime scene established.
An SES tent was set up outside the strip of shops, including a tobacconist, at Glenroy, Melbourne on Friday morning (pictured)
Uniformed officers were posted at the scene keeping the public away from the cordoned off area and gathering information
Forensic police scour the street for clues that could lead to the gunman
Police remove the body of a man who was shot in Glenroy outside a tobacconist
A team of forensic police examined the site as uniformed officers stood guard
Speaking from the scene on Friday, Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said police had responded after calls came through of a shot being heard.
After police and paramedics arrived they located a male person next to a red hatchback, he said.
‘This appears to be a targeted attack … we’re working on the belief he is known to police and does have a criminal history.’
Anyone with information, CCTV or dashcam footage connected to either incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
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