Shocking footage has captured the moment a black-clad shooter discharged a shot at a Melbourne strip club.
The vision shared online by gangland news outlet Outlaw Media on Friday, just hours after police says a single shot was fired at the Men’s Gallery in a drive-by shooting about 4.10am.
In the footage, a gloved and hooded figure is seen to fire a silver-coloured handgun from the passenger seat of a vehicle just metres from the venue’s front entrance.
A security guard standing in the doorway appears to notice the threat and run for cover.
Footage has emerged of a drive-by shooting outside the Men’s Gallery in Melbourne, days after an attempted arson attack.
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According to Victoria Police, nobody was physically injured in the incident.
“A drive-by shooting at a licensed premises on Lonsdale Street about 4.10am this morning,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
“A shot was fired from a dark-coloured vehicle towards the premises.”
Anyone with information or footage has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
The shooting came just days after the Men’s Gallery was targeted in an attempted arson attack about 5.45am on April 14.
The Victoria Police arson and explosive squad are investigating potential links between the two incidents and a series of “suspicious fires” at bars, restaurants and clubs in the past week.
Speaking to the media on Friday, Detective Inspector Chris Murray said there had been at least seven arson attacks on licenced premises in previous days with the motivation unknown.
“We are looking at links between these arson attacks, we’re not seeing any links,” he said.
“Certainly the owners are being cooperative, they don’t understand why they’re being targeted.
“What we suspect is these jobs are being tasked out to anyone … these young kids are being used as cannon fodder.”
Inspector Murray said there had been some arrests in relation to two of the fires, with police alleging young males had been paid a “few hundred bucks” to commit arsons.
“Call Crime Stoppers if you see something unusual, and when I say ‘something unusual’ … we see young males get out of vehicles in possession of jerry cans at 3am in the morning, now if you see that; obviously that’s something we’re interested in,” he said.
