Mustafa Adil, 21, charged with murder after Aaron Toth was killed in Hampton Park shooting

Police will analyse encrypted mobile phones and hundreds of hours of CCTV after an expectant father was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hampton Park, with the accused murderer facing court for the first time.

Aaron Toth was killed in a drive by shooting in Hampton Park on April 27. Picture: Facebook

Police will analyse encrypted mobile phones and hundreds of hours of CCTV as part of their investigation into a fatal drive-by shooting in Melbourne’s southeast.

Mustafa Adil, 21, from Cranbourne North, fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Saturday charged with the murder of Aaron Toth, 30, who was shot dead outside a Hampton Park home in April.

Mr Toth, a father-to-be from Cranbourne, was peppered with bullets as he sat in his car in the early hours of April 27 in an alleged targeted shooting that killed the carpenter instantly.

On Saturday, Homicide Squad detectives charged Mr Adil with Mr Toth’s murder.

He is also facing charges over other incidents, including attempted murder over an alleged shooting in St Kilda in February and conspiring with an associate to kidnap a man in the Dandenong area earlier this month.

No details about his alleged offending were aired in court, but Detective Senior Constable Alexander McKay revealed police were still trying to access several encrypted mobile phones.

Homicide Squad detectives examined this Volkswagen in the aftermath. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Friends were quick to pay tribute their mate. Picture: Facebook

He said hundreds of hours of CCTV footage and forensic analysis of items from multiple crime scenes needed to be collated and analysed, as he requested 16 weeks to prepare a brief of evidence.

“The investigation is ongoing, your Honour, there are still several co-offenders outstanding,” he added.

Wearing a white Nike T-shirt and flanked by custody officers, Mr Adil silently watched on from the dock during the brief proceeding.

The alleged killer is understood to have fled in a stolen Ford Ranger, which was later found burnt-out in Berwick.

In the hours after Mr Toth’s alleged murder, neighbours recalled hearing two to four gunshots about 12.30am.

They also said police were seen frequenting the street for a range of issues — with some calling officers to the home involved several times in the past.

They said cars would come and go from the home at strange hours of the day and night.

The court heard it was Mr Adil’s first time in custody.

He made no application for bail and will return to court on December 2.