Man dies after being gunned down with wife on New Year’s Eve
A man whose wife was killed in a Melbourne shooting on New Year’s Eve has died in hospital from his injuries.
Lindita and Veton Musai were gunned down on their front porch of their family home at Yarraville on Tuesday.
They had only been married for one year.
The perpetrator was a 55-year-old man who the couple had known and was taken to hospital under police guard with self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
It’s understood that he took the life of 25-year-old Lindita before firing at her husband.
“I heard a bang and I thought it was a rifle shot,” a neighbour said, speaking to 7NEWS.
“Then I heard another bang.”
The alleged shooter escaped by foot before hiding in nearby bushes.
Lewis Thorne was on his way to work when he witnessed the man shoot himself in the head.
“(He was) shaking, very white in the face, popped out of the bush … about a metre away from me, drew the gun to this head and pulled the trigger,” he said.
“He fell onto the ground and then somehow two or three minutes later he was still alive and got back up and did the exact same thing to himself.”
Shortly after, police came swarming in as they cordoned off the two crime scenes, as family members slowly arrived at the distressing news.
Detectives are still trying to figure out the motive, but according to 7NEWS it may be due to a dispute involving an estranged family member.