Police believe a sophisticated underworld crew operating out of NSW is responsible for the targeted murder of a young gangster in Melbourne’s northern suburbs earlier this year.
Athan Boursinos, 21, was shot dead in a laneway behind his family home in Wollert, shortly before he was due to attend Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court over drug, weapons and driving offences.
Athan Boursinos was gunned down in a laneway behind his family home in Wollert in July.
Boursinos was part of a street crew controlled by illicit tobacco mogul Kazem Hamad and his cousin, suspected drug trafficker Ahmed Al Hamza, The Age has previously reported.
On Friday morning, police said the fatal shooting was ordered by a NSW crime syndicate whose members had travelled down to Melbourne just days earlier.
The men allegedly shot Boursinos, then fled in a stolen Nissan Patrol before transferring into a stolen Volkswagen Golf. They then set the Volkswagen on fire and changed cars again into a BMW.
Police are yet to determine a motive for the killing but are probing Boursinos’ organised crime connections.
Boursinos was recruited to Hamad and Al Hamza’s street crew in his late teens. In 2022, police intelligence identified him as part of a gang linked to drive-by-shootings, home invasions and violent assaults.
Police want to speak to this man about the death of Athan Boursinos. Credit: Victoria Police
