Police release footage of suburban bikie shooting

MORE than a month after two men carried out a brazen, daylight ambush of a suburban tattoo parlour in Melbourne’s southeast, the footage has finally been revealed.

Victoria Police yesterday released CCTV from the February 22 shooting at Nitro Ink in Hampton Park.

It shows a stolen silver Audi pull up outside the busy Fordholm Rd set of shops and two men exit the passenger side of the vehicle. Both are carrying firearms.

As they walk towards the Comanchero-linked parlour about 1.15pm, terrified bystruck standers get up and run for their lives. Two people (pictured) can be seen running from the tattoo parlour as the men enter, fire up to nine shots and flee.

Police yesterday said a 36year-old Malvern man was by one of the bullets.

That man was Robert Ale, a former right-hand man to jailed Comanchero boss Mick Murray.

In the footage, the driver of the stolen Audi stays in the car while the two men carry out the attack. The three offenders drive to nearby Robjant St where they set fire to the vehicle. Police say they then get into a black Jeep Wrangler.

Echo Taskforce detectives believe the shooting is likely linked to internal conflicts within the gang and are investigating whether other shootings are also linked.