Man shot to death in targeted Melbourne freeway attack

Witnesses may be able to help police piece together how a man was shot to death in what is believed to be a targeted attack on a Melbourne freeway.

A grey ute was found abandoned in the middle of Mountain Highway in Bayswater. Source: AAP

Victorians have been reassured that a fatal shooting on a Melbourne freeway was not a random attack, after a man's body was found inside a bullet-ridden van.

Victorian Police say the man was shot to death in a targeted attack and not at random on the city's eastern freeway. He was was found in a white van on the Eastlink freeway at Donvale about 2.20am on Saturday.

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