Two people are dead following two suspected homicides, including a teenager who died during a knife brawl in Melbourne’s west.
Police believe the incidents are unrelated, and in both cases the people involved were known to each other.
Two people are dead following two suspected homicides overnight in Melbourne.Credit: Louise Kennerley
In the first incident, an 18-year-old male was fatally stabbed in Kurunjang, north of Melton, about 7pm on Friday following a brawl involving a group of youths, some of whom were brandishing machetes.
When police arrived at the scene on McBurnie Drive they found three males injured, and one was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two other males, a 22-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, both from the neighbouring suburb of Harkness, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, where they remain under police guard.
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In a separate incident, a homicide investigation has been sparked after a man was shot dead in a quiet suburban street in Campbellfield in Melbourne’s north.
Police were called to a home on Gentles Avenue following reports a man had been shot about 10.10pm.
Investigators said the victim, a 60-year-old Craigieburn man, was shot outside the house.
