Detectives say one of the two gunmen who crashed into a fire hydrant after shooting ex-Mongolian Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim also tried to hide in a restaurant trash can as he fled the crime scene
Police have released CCTV footage of two men they say were in a Mazda SUV when they ambushed and shot 30-year-old Abdulrahim several times as he left a funeral at Fawkner Cemetery in June.
The Mazda sped away from the scene before crashing into a fire hydrant and pole on Box Forest Road, near Sydney Road, where the pair fled the damaged vehicle.
Footage shows one of the alleged offenders, dressed in black and trying to hide his face with a piece of clothing, climbing into a bin full of cardboard boxes near a fast food restaurant on Sydney Road.
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He momentarily hides in the bin before getting out and walking away, CCTV footage shows.
The second man allegedly carjacked a woman and child at gunpoint, taking a Ford Territory wagon that police later located on Brunswick Drive in Epping.
Police said CCTV footage shows the man walking around Epping wearing a black hoodie and a bag.
Police also believe one of the men attended a hardware store in Epping on June 15, 10 days before the shooting, buying two cans of gasoline that were later found in the crashed Mazda SUV.