Victoria Police have made a breakthrough in the shooting of an expectant father in Melbourne’s southeast earlier this year, with one man charged with murder.
Homicide detectives on Friday charged a 21-year-old Cranbourne North man with murder for his alleged role in the killing of Aaron Toth, who was found with gunshot wounds in a vehicle in Hampton Park early on April 27.
Mr Toth died at the scene, sparking an outpouring of grief from his friends and family and a police search.
The man has been charged with a number of charges related to separate incidents, including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
Aaron Toth was killed in a shooting in Hampton Park in April of this year. Source: Facebook
He is expected to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Saturday.
Police described the incident earlier this year as an alleged targeted shooting.
Police were told a Ford Ranger pickup was seen leaving the scene and was found burned out in Berkwick later that morning.
Homicide detectives on Friday charged a 21-year-old Cranbourne North man with murder for his alleged role in the killing of Aaron Toth, who was found with gunshot wounds in a vehicle in Hampton Park early on April 27.
Earlier this year, police described the incident as an alleged targeted shooting, in which a Ford Ranger van was seen driving away from the scene and was later found burned out in Berkwick.
At the time, his friend Sammy Adams said he was travelling to Melbourne following news of his “best friend’s” death.
“I’m on my way to Melbourne now, a day too late for a catch-up we’ll never have,” he said.
‘I will never be able to tell you how much I love you as a couple for everything you have done for me.
“I’m so upset and saddened by your passing… My deepest sympathies and condolences to your entire family.”