Fitzroy: Murder charges for trio over street shooting of teen in Melbourne’s inner north
Three men have been charged with murdering a teenage boy in an alleged drive-by shooting on an inner-suburban street.
The trio’s charges were confirmed by Victoria Police on Monday after the 16-year-old was shot in Fitzroy in Melbourne’s inner north on January 3.
He died at the scene despite being given medical assistance.
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Omar, from Heidelberg in Melbourne’s northwest, appeared before the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning.
Two men, a 19-year-old from Heidelberg West and a 20-year-old from Bundoora, were each charged with one count of murder on January 11.
Those charges relate to the same alleged shooting and were first announced by police on Monday, along with the latest charge.
The earlier charges were not previously announced to preserve ongoing investigations into the third alleged murderer, police said.
Police are working to establish whether the shooting is linked to the alleged stabbing of two men in Carlton on December 31.
The 19-year-old and 20-year-old men have been remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrate’s Court later on June 15.
