Police charge man with murder following fatal Box Hill shooting

Victoria Police has charged a 47-year-old Bonnie Brook man with murder in relation to the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man in Box Hill last Thursday morning.

What happened: Emergency services responded to reports of an altercation at a high-rise apartment building on Whitehorse Road about 1.50am on Thursday April 9, with residents evacuated for a number of hours.

• Late Thursday evening, Homicide Squad detectives arrested two 47-year-old men from Bonnie Brook and a 27-year-old Maryborough woman.

• Police have released one of the Bonnie Brook men and the Maryborough woman pending further enquiries.

• The charged man appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court Friday evening.