Desperate search for two 'Irishmen' wanted over the shooting of a former police detective turns to Byron Bay as heavily armed police storm a motel room - but the pair are nowhere to be seen
- Armed police officers stormed a Byron Bay motel looking for shooting suspects
- Mark Dixon, 30, and Jack Harvey, 26, wanted for questioning over the shooting
- The attack occured on February 21 in Point Cook in Melbourne after argument
- The victim, 53-year-old former police detective Sid Morgan, is fighting for life
Heavily armed officers have stormed a Byron Bay motel room looking for two men wanted for questioning over a Melbourne shooting that left a man fighting for life.
Mark Dixon, 30, and Jack Harvey, 26, are believed to be in the Byron Bay area and Victoria Police have issued warrants for their arrest.
They are wanted over the shooting of 53-year-old former detective Sid Morgan, who was gunned down at Point Cook in Melbourne's west on February 21 after an argument in the street.
The Sydney man, who became a real estate agent after he was acquitted of shooting dead a paedophile, remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Mark Dixon (left), 30, and Jack Harvey (right), 26, are believed to be in the Byron Bay area and Victoria Police have issued warrants for their arrest
They are wanted over the shooting in the head of a 53-year-old Sid Morgan at Point Cook on February 21 after an argument in the street
Two Point Cook men, aged 29 and 30, were arrested on Saturday but released without charge.
Officers involved in the raid on the motel on Wednesday came up empty handed when they found the room was vacant.
Dixon is described as 180 cm tall, with a medium build, short brown hair, a fair complexion and speaks with an Irish accent.
Harvey is described as having a slim build, short brown hair, a goatee beard and also speaks with an Irish accent.
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Police said anyone who sees either of the men should phone triple zero and do not approach them.
The victim, Mr Morgan, who previously went by the name Said, was detective in the NSW police force in the 1990s.
In 1995 he shot Mansour Suha, his brother-in-law, after hearing accusations he was molesting three young girls, two of which were his relatives.
He emptied his service revolver in the shooting which was described in court as a 'Clint Eastwood notion of justice,' according to The Age.
The police scene after the shooting in Point Cook, Melbourne
Detectives released an image of a ute they believe is connected to the attack
He was cleared of wrongdoing by a Crown jury in August 1997 who found that he had not acted out revenge but rather fear for the safety of children in the future.
NSW Police refused to reinstate him and he started a career as a Sydney real estate agent.
He told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2005 that he had 'worked hard and built a new life for himself.'
His real estate agency recently ran into financial trouble and he was declared bankrupt in 2014, according to The Daily Telegraph.
He remains in hospital in a serious condition.
Police working the crime scene the day after the shooting occured on February 21
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