{"id":444741,"date":"2026-01-29T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444741\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:28:09","slug":"fourth-person-charged-over-deadly-drive-by-shooting-of-fitzroy-teen-ater-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444741\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth person charged over deadly drive-by shooting of Fitzroy teen Ater Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fourth man has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/melbourne\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Melbourne&#039;s\">Melbourne&#8217;s<\/a> inner-north earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Ater Good was gunned down near the intersection of Brunswick and King William streets in Fitzroy just after midnight on January 3.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-year-old Heidelberg man was arrested about 11am today in Thomastown, where police seized two shotguns from a property.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cf8bd81b-1257-40e5-b823-60215b5015db.png\"   alt=\"Ater Good died after he was shot in a drive-by shooting in Fitzroy shortly after midnight on January 3.\"\/>Ater Good died after he was shot in a drive-by shooting in Fitzroy shortly after midnight on January 3. (Gofundme)<\/p>\n<p>He has been charged with murder and was due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court today.<\/p>\n<p>Three properties in Heidelberg and two in Heidelberg West were also raided.<\/p>\n<p>A 31-year-old Heidelberg man was also arrested this morning.<\/p>\n<p>He was released pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>They include a 19-year-old Heidelberg West man, a 20-year-old Bundoora man and a 21-year-old Heidelberg man, who was arrested at Melbourne Airport.<\/p>\n<p>All three men have been remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court on June 15.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e03e0c38-aa23-46c5-83d8-fc3336b06fb6.png\"   alt=\"\"\/>Another man was with the victim when he was shot near Fitzroy police station. (Victoria Police)<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing to investigate whether there are any links between the Fitzroy shooting and the New Year&#8217;s Eve stabbing of two men on Lygon Street in Carlton.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffTwo men were critically injured after a group of about seven men armed with machetes and knives attacked them outside a restaurant about 11.45pm.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-year-old Heidelberg West man and an 18-year-old NSW man were seriously injured and taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A 21-year-old Fitzroy man, a 21-year-old Richmond man and a 17-year-old boy from the Melbourne area have been charged with multiple offences including violent disorder and affray.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives, regional police and special units have established Operation Firelong to investigate the two \ufeffalleged crimes and prevent ongoing violence.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations remain ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fourth man has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-444741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}