Organised crime figure Hawre Sherwani shot dead in Caroline Springs in Melbourne's west

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Hawre Sherwani, 33, was shot dead in a targeted attack in a residential street in Caroline Springs on Thursday night. Police believe an offender was injured during the shooting, which has been described as a brazen and concerning attack.

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00:00We now know that that man who died was 33-year-old Hahei Shawani.

00:07He died here in a fatal shooting last night in Caroline Springs.

00:11Police did tell us that he was known to police and that he had organised crime links.

00:15Now emergency services came to this scene at around 10.30 last night after reports of

00:21gunshots.

00:22They arrived to find Mr Shawani with critical injuries and gunshot wounds and sadly he couldn't

00:27be revived.

00:29Police say that they are still looking for maybe one or more suspects.

00:33They say that the suspects left in a stolen getaway car, torched it in a suburb nearby

00:40in Fraser's Rise and they're still looking for them.

00:43They say they're also concerned that there could be a potential retaliation attack.

00:47We heard from the police earlier, here's what they had to say.

00:50It's brazen, it's irresponsible and very targeted but very concerning for this neighbourhood.

00:59Amietta, what was the crime scene like there this morning?

01:05Mel it was very busy here this morning with a number of investigators from the homicide

01:09squad and forensics.

01:11On the street there was a handgun that had been left there on the road.

01:15There was also a number of bullets that were splayed around nearby as well as a car that

01:22had a gunshot through its window and side panel and what also appears to be a gunshot

01:27through a window of a second story of a home.

01:30So the detectives were extremely busy this morning but they're still appealing for information

01:35from the public.

01:36They're asking people in this area around Hayson Parkway to come forward with any dash

01:41cam or CCTV footage or if any witnesses to help them in this investigation.

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