Bikie left fighting for life after shooting

November 18, 2013 - 8:49AM

A bikie associated with the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang has been shot in the torso outside his home in Melbourne's north.
The injured man, believed to be patched Red Devils gang member Daniel Pegoraro, was shot in the chest in the driveway of his Epping home about 9pm on Sunday. He is believed to have been shot multiple times.
He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition.

Police attend the scene of the shooting in Epping.

A police spokeswoman said the victim was aged in his 20s, but she was unable to comment on his identity.

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Men wearing Red Devils jackets were at the McCarty Avenue address about an hour after the shooting.
The Red Devils acts as a feeder group for the Hells Angels gang.

Red Devils motorcycle gang members were at the scene within an hour of the shooting.

Tensions between the Hells Angels and rival gang Bandidos have been high since the shooting of former Bandidos sergeant-at-arms Toby Mitchell earlier this year.
Police had cornered off McCarty Avenue late on Sunday night.
Nearby residents told Fairfax Media there had been motorcycle activity in the area throughout Sunday.

Daniel Pegoraro leaves Heidelberg Magistrates Court after an appearance last month.

In March, up to six gunshots were fired at a McCarty Avenue house in a drive-by shooting, but no one was injured.
Following that incident, a Victoria Police spokeswoman told Fairfax Media that the shooting was related to the escalating violence between outlaw motorcycle clubs in Melbourne.
Mr Pegoraro, 28, is a prospect of the Hells Angels Nomads, a chapter based in Thomastown.
Five days after Mr Mitchell was shot in March, Mr Pegoraro was linked to the ambush when he faced court over the theft of stolen property including caravans worth $1.1 million.
Those matters were later dropped by police, as were assault charges stemming from a brawl at a Mill Park shopping centre that police alleged he had started.
That brawl also involved his brother Benjamin, 23, but charges against both were dropped last month.
Fairfax Media reported earlier this month that Echo Taskforce detectives believe Mr Mitchell had stood down as the Bandidos’ Australasian serjeant-at-arms and had handed in his club colours.
He had been considered the enforcer of club rules and ‘‘general’’ in times of war across the club’s chapters in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Thailand but had left the club because of poor health.
Police have been searching for an M1 carbine and AK-47 linked to the Hells Angels that had been used during several shootings at the clubhouses of rivals, but the Pegoraros had not been linked to these weapons.
Calls to the Pegoraro family on Monday were not returned