By Casey Neill
“We miss him and we will always miss him.”
The broken-hearted family of Muhamed ‘Mo’ Yucel has joined Homicide Squad detectives to appeal for information about his shooting death in Keysborough last May.
“None of us look at life the same way as we did beforehand,” Mo’s uncle, John Bushby, said.
“There is no going back to what life was before it.”
At a press conference on Sunday 25 March, Detective Inspector Tim Day said a bikie feud involving the Comancheros and a case of mistaken identity were behind the 22-year-old’s death.
“This shooting has crossed the line even in the criminal world, and it ended with somebody being killed for no reason,” he said.
“It was an arrogant, ruthless and reckless act.
“Do the right thing.”
Mo’s father, Bekir Yucel, said his son was a happy kid with lots of friends.
“Over 3000 people came to his funeral,” he said.
“They all miss him and we still get visits from his friends regularly, which comforts my wife.
“There’s not a day that goes past when we don’t think about him or something happens and it just triggers it and you go through the whole thing again.”
Shots rang out about 9.55pm on 2 May last year as Mo left the Church Road garage where he’d been playing computer games with six friends.
“Muhamed was struck in the chest and died at the scene,” Insp Day said.
“Two other young men in the garage also received non-fatal gunshot wounds.”
A dark-coloured four-wheel drive was seen leaving the area.
“There will be no doubt dozens that know what happened, dozens that will have various amounts of information about what happened,” he said.
“We can’t bring Muhamed back but we can ensure that these ruthless thugs are taken off the street.”
He declined to speak further about the intended victim of the shooting as “this is not about him whatsoever”.
“This is about the death of a young boy who was an innocent victim,” he said.
Police did, however, reveal that Echo Taskforce detectives executed a warrant at another Church Road property on 26 May last year and charged a 26-year-old Keysborough man with drug and firearm offences.
Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to submit a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au with any information.
