Keysborough shooting may have been sparked by love triangle

A YOUNG man leaving a party was shot and left for dead in a quiet suburban street and it may have all been because of a love triangle.

A YOUNG Melbourne man said goodbye to his friends after a party, opened a garage door and was gunned down, dying in the street as his killers fled.

As police hunt for the gunmen, mystery around the shooting has mounted, with police investigating whether a love triangle was the motive.

The Herald Sun reports police are investigating a possible fight at the home in Keysborough, in Melbourne’s southeast, after it was revealed one person started a relationship with another person’s ex-girlfriend. However, the man who died was not involved.

Two of his friends were also hit by bullets when the gunmen fired at them through the rear garage door of the house on Tuesday night.

A 23-year-old man received a gunshot wound to the arm and a 22-year-old man was hit in the leg. Both are in a stable condition.

Police investigate after shots were fired into a Keysborough property killing a man and injuring two other men. Picture: Nicole Garmston

The shots were fired from a rear alley used by residents to access their garages in a quiet housing estate 40km southeast of the city.

A neighbour, who didn’t want to be named, said she barricaded herself and her young daughter in a walk-in wardrobe as she called police.

“My daughter was upstairs sleeping. The gunshots were so loud and sharp I can still hear it,” the woman told AAP.

“Police said to me to keep low and to keep away from the windows.

“So we went into my wardrobe and I had a heavy-duty torch and I’ve actually got a baseball bat in the house too.”

Bullet and pellet holes in the roller door at the house in Keysborough. Picture: Nicole Garmston

There were six or seven people at the party when the shots rang out, but the three victims didn’t live at the house.

Residents say they heard five or six loud bangs but police are yet to confirm how many shots were fired.

The victims aren’t known to police and are co-operating with investigators.

“The two survivors are lucky, and we will be putting a lot of extra police in here over the next few weeks,” Victoria Police Inspector Mark Langhorn said.

The estate was built two years ago and residents say it’s a quiet family neighbourhood.

“They’re brand new neighbours so no one really knows them” another witness, who also did not want to be named, said.

Nearby resident Angela Merchant said her family was asleep when they heard shots and then people screaming in pain.

“We just heard loud screams. We knew someone was hurt,” she told the Nine Network.

Investigators are looking for a dark-coloured 4WD and a “shiny car” seen speeding away from the scene. It is believed attackers had two different firearms.

Family friend Naile said the man who died was not in any trouble. Picture Norm Oorloff

Loved ones shocked by the death said the man who died, Mo, was special.

“It’s such a tragedy that this has happened,” family friend Naile told the Herald Sun.

“He came from a nice family that were decent ... he was not a kid with any trouble.

The hunt for the gunmen continues and anybody with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.