Trio wanted after underworld shooting at boxing match
Three men wanted over a shooting at a Melbourne boxing tournament that killed one man and injured two others have been named by police.
Homicide detectives want to speak to Brunswick men Abdullah El Nasher, 27, and Ali El Nasher, 28 as well as Mikhael Myko, 25, from Pascoe Vale.
Anyone who spots the men should phone triple zero immediately and not approach them, police say.
Underworld sources say the triple shooting outside the Melbourne Pavilion in Kensington on Friday night was an escalation of an ongoing feud linked to a suspicious blaze at a Maribyrnong warehouse.
A 30-year-old Craigieburn man died outside the Melbourne Pavilion after being shot about 10pm.
Two other victims, a 34-year-old from Lalor and 32-year-old from Craigieburn, were both taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.
The Lalor man remained in a critical condition on Sunday afternoon, while the victim from Craigieburn was in a stable condition.
The shooting follows a fire in the early hours of February 7 at the Kingcon warehouse in Williamson Road, Maribyrnong, where they found smoke billowing from the building and at least three cars alight. Firefighters deemed the blaze as suspicious and arson detectives were investigating.
Underworld sources say one of the surviving shooting victims was an employee of Kingcon, which describes itself as "a boutique construction company specialising in small to medium density residential projects".
Homicide squad Detective Sergeant Sol Solomon confirmed the three victims were known to police and that it appeared to be "a targeted attack" involving two gunmen.
Multiple shots were fired at the entrance of the venue on the corner of Racecourse Road and Stubbs Road, just before the main fight was due to start.
One man was shot out the front of the events venue and died at the scene. Another man was shot several times in the upper body as he stood inside the foyer and a third man received a gunshot wound to the leg. Police could not confirm where he was when he was shot but he ran back inside the venue shortly after.
The incident was captured on CCTV and police are using this footage to assist their investigation.
Police placed the area in lockdown immediately after the shootings, with roads blocked and trams stopped.
Despite the shootings, the feature fight went ahead.
Three men who were at the boxing event told The Age patrons inside the venue were "pretty calm" despite being aware of the shootings.
"We knew it had happened and there was this initial flurry of people moving away from the foyer into the venue when the shots were fired," said one of the men, who did not want to be named.
"But after that it was pretty calm. There was lots of rumours flying around about what was going on," he said, adding that there were two children seated at his table.
Local residents said they heard several gunshots that sounded like fireworks shortly after 10pm, before dozens of police swarmed on the area.
"We actually thought it was fireworks, that's how many shots [there were]," Melissa Carson said.
"The information that we have gleaned so far makes us confident that this was a targeted attack and there are no further risks to members of the public," Detective Sergeant Solomon said.