Three young men allegedly led police on a Grand Theft Auto-style wild chase through an industrial park and up the wrong side of the Tullamarine Freeway that ended with a police officer pinned against the wall by a van – and one young man dead.

Guelah Ahokava​, 23, younger brother Penisimani Ahokava​, 22, and Joshua Iviiti​, 18, all of Deer Park, were wanted by police for a series of burglaries they had allegedly committed in the western and northern suburbs during August.

Family and friends have paid tributes to Guelah Ahokava, shot dead on Friday morning after a police chase.

The three were seen in a car with allegedly stolen licence plates at 1am on Friday, leading to a 40-minute chase through St Albans and Tullamarine, Brimbank CIU Detective Sergeant Andrew Eyries told the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Saturday.

The trio fled up the Western Ring Road, getting off at the Tullamarine exit. They then drove up an embankment toward a factory park, where they jumped out and fled on foot through a series of factories towards Carrick Drive, the court was told during Mr Penisimani's bail application.