Overview
- Police say 37-year-old Khaled Malas was allegedly shot at a Wildwood property on Wednesday and has not been found, with investigators warning it is likely he has succumbed to his injuries.
- A 56-year-old Wildwood man was arrested the day after the shooting and has been charged with one count of intentionally causing serious injury; he remains in custody and the legal case is at an early stage.
- Officers have seized a ute for forensic testing and have searched a creek near Wildwood and a tip in Sunbury, but fast-moving water has limited divers and boats from completing some searches.
- Investigators are actively looking for the firearm believed to have been used and are appealing for CCTV or dashcam footage of a black Mitsubishi Triton seen travelling through Greenvale, Sunbury, Bulla, Oaklands Junction and Wildwood.
- Family members, who say Malas went to the property to collect a debt, have gathered at the scene and fear he is dead while his wife waits for news after recently giving birth to their third child.