Overview
- Victoria Police arrested 21-year-old Omar Omar at Melbourne Airport and charged him with one count of murder.
- Two others — 19-year-old Abdijalil Abdirahman Warsame and 20-year-old Shakiib Farah Abdulkadir — were charged with murder on January 11.
- All three accused have been remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in June.
- Sixteen-year-old Ater Good was found with a gunshot wound near Brunswick and King William streets after an officer heard shots outside the Fitzroy Police Station, and he died at the scene.
- Detectives have formed Operation Firelong, involving specialist units including Taskforce VIPER, to probe the Fitzroy shooting and any connection to the December 31 Lygon Street attack that critically injured two men.