Abdifatah Ahmed died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray

Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?

  • Melissa Cunningham

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Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson,pictured in 2019.

Police receive IBAC report into deputy commissioner’s road rage complaint

It is uncertain whether Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson will face an internal disciplinary process as a result of the document,given his contract is due to end in July.

  • Kieran Rooney
Faruk Orman,flanked by his lawyers,walks free from the Supreme Court in July 2019.

Melbourne gangland’s relief as underworld figures dodge witness box on eve of Lawyer X trial

Faruk Orman’s settlement with his ex-lawyer,Nicola Gobbo,has stopped his compensation trial from calling up witnesses such as Mick Gatto.

  • Chris Vedelago andCameron Houston
The end of a protest in Footscray over the police shooting death of a rough sleeper has been marred by violence.

Police-shooting protest in Footscray turns ugly,with batons drawn

The end of a protest in Footscray over the death of rough sleeper Abdifatah Ahmed has been marred by a confrontation between a protester and police.

  • Melissa Cunningham
One Victorian has more than $400,000 in unpaid toll fines.

Twenty people. Nearly $6 million in fines. What went wrong?

Lawyers are calling on the government to announce an amnesty on penalty and enforcement fees attached to toll fines to stop people spiralling into unsustainable debt.

  • Daniella White andBroede Carmody
Emergency services at the scene of the shooting.

Police who shot rough sleeper in Footscray did not have Tasers,union says

Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt said the officers had access to capsicum spray but were yet to be fitted with the conducted energy device.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
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Police are searching for missing six-year-old boy Parfa.

Non-verbal six-year-old boy missing near dense forest

Six-year-old Parfa was last seen at a playground in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges about 4pm on Good Friday.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Ricky Nixon during a previous appearance at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

Ex-AFL agent Ricky Nixon charged over threats to police on social media

One Facebook comment posted from Nixon’s account said he was “on a mission” to kill as many police officers as possible.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Daniel Jones,who runs a self-defence outfit,has posted pictures and videos of himself wielding guns and even rocket launchers online.

Revealed:the far-right agitators who confronted the PM in a hotel lobby

One of the men said people should train “to be able to kill” and posted footage of himself wielding machineguns and rocket launchers.

  • Sherryn Groch
Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar was gunned down outside his apartment building in South Yarra.

Second man charged over alleged murder of notorious bikie ‘Afghan Ali’

A 25-year-old Hampton Park man is the second person to be charged over the brazen shooting death of underworld figure Mohammed Akbar Keshtiar,known as “Afghan Ali”.

  • Cassandra Morgan andMelissa Cunningham