Four people were shot during a live boxing event at Fitzy's Hotel in Loganholme on Saturday night. Police say two masked men opened fire from a car at a drop-off zone where people had gathered. A 19-year-old woman, described by police as an innocent bystander, remains in a critical condition. Three men aged 27 to 38 are in serious condition. Homicide detectives are assisting, and no arrests have been made. Police urge anyone with information or footage to come forward.
Forensic psychiatrist Rajan Darjee's data shows 43 of an estimated 126 Victorian homicides in 2024 and 2025 were committed by people with psychosis. That is up from about one in 10 a decade ago. Almost 84 per cent of offenders had previously received treatment from mental health services. Professor Patrick McGorry blamed a policy failure to build a modern care system. Experts called for a review of the royal commission's recommendations and a greater focus on severe mental illness.
A 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland and charged with murder in Sydney. Police allege he was involved in the killing of a 22-year-old man whose body was found in a metal cabinet in a creek at Macksville more than three years ago. Police say the man was living in Poland and was involved along with two other men, who were previously convicted over the incident. Homicide detectives arrested him in Poland, with help from Polish authorities, before escorting him back to Sydney. He was refused bail and is due to appear in court.
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A coroner has declared Jessica Jade Zrinski dead and referred her disappearance to the unsolved homicide team. Ms Zrinski, 30, was last seen on CCTV at a petrol station in the NSW Blue Mountains in the company of Paul Jones, a Horsley Park man. Coroner David O'Neil found Mr Jones's account of events unconvincing and rejected his claim that drugs had affected his memory. Mr Jones left NSW soon after police searched his house. A $500,000 reward for information remains on offer.
Seven people have been charged with manslaughter over the death of Lino Atem, who was fatally stabbed in a Wyndham Vale park in January 2025. Homicide Squad detectives made the arrests on 21 October, with help from the VIPER Taskforce. The accused include three 17-year-old boys, who will appear in children's court, and four adults, who will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court later that day. The charges follow a fight among a group of men at a park on Haines Drive. Two of Mr Atem's friends, aged 27, were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
Seven people have been charged with manslaughter over the death of Lino Atem, who was fatally stabbed in a Wyndham Vale park in January 2025. Homicide Squad detectives made the arrests on 21 October, with help from the VIPER Taskforce. The accused include three 17-year-old boys, who will appear in children's court, and four adults, who will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court later that day. The charges follow a fight among a group of men at a park on Haines Drive. Two of Mr Atem's friends, aged 27, were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 31-year-old St Albans man with murder after a death in the suburb early on 18 October. Police found a man with life-threatening injuries at a property on Belfort Street just after 12.30am. The 56-year-old St Albans man was taken to hospital but died a short time later. The 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is expected to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
The family of Jeremiah Rivers, a 27-year-old Gija man from Warmun, want someone held accountable for his disappearance. He was last seen in October 2021 while on a trip with six other men. A Queensland coroner later found he was likely killed, but could not identify who was responsible. Coroner Donald MacKenzie said shifting accounts from the group delayed police. Rivers's aunts say the family wants a court hearing, and police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a man in Melbourne's west. Emergency services were called to a St Albans address on Belfort Street just after 12:30am on the weekend after reports of a man with what appeared to be stab wounds. Police said the 56-year-old victim was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he later died. The accused was arrested at the scene and is due to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court today. Police are investigating and have asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Police have confirmed that a decomposed body found near Murwillumbah in New South Wales is that of 73-year-old Yvonne Whear, who vanished from her home in February. Her death is now being treated as a homicide. Her disappearance had left her family in anguish for nearly eight months, and her car was located in a river near her home in September. Neighbours and friends describe her as cheerful, kind and devoted to her animals, and some locals fear a killer may be living among them.
A 42-year-old Wollert man was shot multiple times and found dead inside a family home on Thursday afternoon. Police say the attack, around 5.30pm, appears to be targeted and that the victim may have links to organised crime. CCTV footage shows two people fleeing the address and getting into a brown sedan, and a third person running in another direction. Police say the first two were spoken to and are not believed to be involved. The third person had not been located by Friday afternoon. Residents nearby were shaken, and homicide detectives were searching properties on Friday.
Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 42-year-old man in Wollert, in Melbourne's north. Emergency services were called to reports of a gunshot on Gypsum Drive at about 5.30pm on Thursday 15 October. The man was found dead at a property with injuries consistent with a shooting. Police are treating the incident as targeted. No arrests have been made, and the crime scene remains in place while the investigation continues. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
A man has been jailed for a minimum of nine years and two months for fatally shooting Adrian Romeo, 42, in Melbourne over a dispute about speeding fines. Robert Mantini, 61, pleaded guilty to homicide by firearm, a form of manslaughter. Justice Kerri Judd sentenced him to 13 years and six months. Shane Dalton, 66, who helped conceal the body, was sentenced to 10 months and a community sentence after pleading guilty to assisting an offender. Mr Romeo's remains were found at Wildwood in December 2025. Mantini, an Italian national, faces possible deportation after his sentence.
A man has been shot dead in front of his home on Gypsum Drive in Wollert, in Melbourne's north. Neighbours heard gunshots just before 5.30pm on Thursday, and the man was found unresponsive. Police say his injuries are consistent with a shooting and his death is being treated as suspicious. Homicide squad detectives are at the scene, and police believe the incident may have been targeted. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
A 42-year-old man was shot dead on Gypsum Drive in Wollert, in Melbourne's outer north, on Thursday afternoon. Police are treating the death as suspicious and are investigating whether he was the target of a targeted attack. The ABC understands the man is Ali Albadri, who was closely aligned with tobacco figure Kazem Hamad. Multiple underworld sources have warned that Hamad's associates could retaliate. CCTV captured the moment gunshots were fired before two men fled in a car. Anyone with information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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Newly released bodycam footage shows police carrying out welfare checks on Justine May weeks before she was arrested and charged over the deaths of her two young daughters. The Charleston County Sheriff's Office released footage of checks on August 30 and September 12 at the South Carolina home. The girls, aged 15 months and 2, were found dead on September 29. The coroner's office ruled the cause of death was starvation and dehydration due to neglect. Police allege May could not remember how long she had gone without feeding the girls.
Robert Mantini, 61, has been jailed for 13 years and six months in the Victorian Supreme Court after pleading guilty to homicide by firearm. Justice Kerri Judd said Mantini unintentionally fired a shotgun into Adrian Romeo's back during an argument over speeding fines in Greenvale in February 2024. Mantini then concealed the body and burnt car with help from Shane Dalton, 66, who was sentenced to 10 months in prison followed by a two-year community corrections order. Justice Judd said Mantini showed little remorse. Only 0.47 per cent of Mr Romeo's remains were recovered and given to his family.
