Abdul Jemal: Man gunned down in brazen Good Friday ambush in Melbourne’s Glenroy is identified as 33-year-old tradie who ‘fell into trouble with the law’
The man brutally shot dead in the early hours of Good Friday has been identified as a carpenter with a ‘criminal past’.
Abdul Jemal, 33, was ambushed on Justin Avenue in Glenroy, Melbourne’s north, about 4.30am.
Broadmeadows’ father was shot in the neck and died despite the best efforts of emergency services at the scene.
His mysterious killers, who fled in a getaway car, are still on the run.
A jogger discovered his body next to his car and called the police Herald Sun reported.
Abdul Jemal, 33 (pictured), was killed in Glenroy, Melbourne’s north, about 4.30am
Broadmeadows’ father was shot in the neck and died despite the efforts of emergency services on the scene (pictured)
Mr Jemal’s wife and teenage daughter learned of his death after tracking his phone to Glenroy, where he was buying supplies.
Speaking on behalf of Jemal’s family, African community leader Dr Berhan Ahmed said he was “a sociable and friendly man who had been in trouble with the law”.
He described him as a generous young man who made stupid mistakes.
“The family is really reeling from grief and sorrow and the question is, who’s next?” said Mr Ahmed.
“People from the community come to me crying because they don’t know what to do.”
He went on to say that the brutal nature of Mr Jemal’s public murder had shocked the wider community and left them desperate for answers.
An SES tent was set up outside high streets, including a tobacconist, in Glenroy, Melbourne on Friday morning (pictured)
A jogger discovered his body next to his car and called the police (investigators at the scene are pictured)
Mr Jemal’s sister, Juhara Jemal, paid tribute to her brother in a prayer on social media.
‘O Allah, reward me in my misfortune and grant me good from it. We have lost my dear brother Abdul Rahman Jemal, please pray that he will have mercy on him,” she said.
‘O Allah, treat him with what you deserve and do not treat him with what he deserves… reward kindness with goodness and insult with forgiveness.’
Detectives do not believe his death is linked to Victoria’s tobacco wars or organized crime, but say he was known to police and had a criminal history.
Anyone with information, including CCTV or dashcam footage, is urged to contact police immediately.