Police appeal for public help after CBD shooting

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Police have issued a public appeal for information after a 26-year-old man was gunned down in Melbourne’s CBD in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Seabrooke man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital about 4.20am on Sunday by two other men who police believe are friends or acquaintances of the shooting victim.

The trio were standing outside an apartment building on Elizabeth Street when a car drove up to them and at least one shot was fired about 3.40am. Police believe the occupants of the car and shooting victim knew each other. Police established a crime scene at the corner of Franklin and Elizabeth streets on Sunday morning.

Victoria Police Detective Inspector Graham Banks.

Detective Inspector Graham Banks said the deceased man was known to police, but he declined to offer any further details. However, he confirmed there was no indication the shooting was linked to Melbourne’s tobacco wars.

“We believe that it’s likely to be a targeted incident,” Banks said.

He appealed to the two men who dropped the shooting victim at hospital to contact police. Banks also urged anyone who was at Royal Melbourne Hospital when the man was dropped off or the CBD when the shooting occurred, to come forward.

In a separate incident over the weekend, police arrested a 26-year-old Cranbourne man and 25-year-old Narre Warren South man following an extended pursuit that began about 2.10am on Sunday morning. The men were found in possession of a handgun.

On Sunday police were planning to interview the men in relation to the alleged murder of a 27-year-old Narre Warren South man who was killed in Ivanhoe on Tuesday last week.

The 26-year-old Cranbourne man was also set to be interviewed about the murder of a 20-year-old man in Derrimut on Thursday and the attempted murder of a 27-year-old woman in Wyndham Vale.

Banks said it appeared the man knew the victims.

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