{"id":751523,"date":"2026-06-21T20:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751523\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:56:16","slug":"melbourne-boxer-with-bikie-links-gunned-down-in-ascot-vale-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751523\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne boxer with bikie links gunned down in Ascot Vale ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A Melbourne boxer with bikie links has been gunned down in an ambush killing in Melbourne, stumbling around 100 metres in a desperate search for help before collapsing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Hussein Dehaini was shot just after midnight on Mount Alexander Rd in Ascot Vale with gunshots ringing out and startling nearby residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cJust two gunshots at about 12.10 and then my son rang me from the other room just to say that he heard them as well and he wanted his girlfriend not to leave because he was worried,\u201d one witness said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e9d9da93592c3a424d6c633d909a52e5f7984058.png\" alt=\"Melbourne boxer with bikie links gunned down in Ascot Vale ambush\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Melbourne boxer with bikie links gunned down in Ascot Vale ambush Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Detectives spent the night and most of Sunday at the crime scene, with evidence markers tracing a trail of blood which stretched around 100 metres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI am quite terrified of this experience. It\u2019s terrible,\u201d one local resident said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe feel like it should be a safe neighbourhood so yeah, it\u2019s very disconcerting,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">As a professional boxer, Huss \u2018Skinny\u2019 Dehaini was undefeated in 11 bouts from 2014 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Known to police, Dehaini was associated with the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang and was arrested in 2023 as part of an Echo Taskforce investigation. He was charged with firearm possession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Dehaini was shot in front of a vacant business before stumbling across the road in front of a Woolworths, where he was picked up by paramedics. 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