By Kaitlyn Offer, AAP
High-profile gangland figure and former Mongols bikie Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim has reportedly been shot and killed.
A man was shot in a car park on High Street at Preston in Melbourne’s inner north about 10.30am on Monday, police say.
He died at the scene.
Homicide squad detectives are investigating and have not confirmed the man’s identity but say they believe it was targeted.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that the shooting victim is Abdulrahim and that he had bounties on his life.
Abdulrahim had survived previous attempts to kill him.
In May 2024 shots were fired at his Thomastown home, injuring the bikie-turned-boxer, and then in August the house was set alight.
He had also survived a shooting at Fawkner in June 2022.
He was jailed for more than three years in 2018 after killing a grandmother in a crash.
While in prison, he was attacked with a rock.
A car crashed against a pole is seen in Fawkner
Abdulrahim was released on parole in 2019 with time served, but had it revoked six months later by the parole board when police feared he was the target of three shootings.
He spent 72 days in custody, including 35 days in solitary confinement, because of concerns he was in danger.
The board’s decision was later overturned by a Victorian Supreme Court judge, who found Abdulrahim had done nothing to warrant his parole being revoked.
In February 2024, arsonists targeted two Melbourne venues in the lead-up to a fight Abdulrahim was due to be in.
