Mr Floyd, who did not speak during his appearance, did not apply for bail and has been remanded into custody. He will return to court in June. Lachlan Floyd in his army days. It is alleged that Townsend, Mr Floyd and another man met at a reserve in Hughesdale about 6pm on Tuesday. Mr Floyd allegedly shot Townsend, leaving wounds to his back and neck. Townsend and the other man ran to a nearby car, and Townsend was driven to the Monash Medical Centre in Clayton, about six kilometres away, where he arrived about 7pm. He died a short time later, despite receiving emergency treatment.

Police allege that Mr Floyd left Hughesdale in his car with his shotgun. He was arrested on Thursday. Former soldier and bikie Lachlan Floyd. The heavily tattooed Mr Floyd told an out-of-sessions court hearing early on Friday morning that he was on prescription medicines, including Valium. He is a former soldier who is believed to have been medically discharged in the late 2000s. It is unclear if he served overseas. The Monash Medical Centre. Credit:Wayne Hawkins

Mr Floyd worked at Victims of Ink, a Port Melbourne tattoo studio, where he performed laser tattoo removal. He and Townsend were both Melbourne-based members of the Finks, before Townsend was expelled for drug use and Mr Floyd - along with the majority of the gang's Victorian members - "patched over" to the Mongols in 2013. Mongols Nation national president Mark Moroney, widely known as "Ferrett", told Fairfax Media on Friday that Mr Floyd was booted from the club over a year ago. He said he would not disclose why, saying it was "club business". "We've got rules and guidelines and if you don't abide by them you're not welcome in the club," he said.

"Whatever he's done, he's done off his own bat; it's got nothing to do with us." Police confirmed Mr Floyd left the club, but said it occurred about six months ago. Mr Moroney said he had never heard of Townsend. According to court documents, Townsend was expelled from the Finks in late 2012 for excessive drug use, which included using four grams of cocaine, a gram of heroin, a gram of ice. The documents relate to a sentencing in the County Court in December, 2012, for a vicious box-cutter attack on security staff at Seven nightclub. Security refused him entry for not wearing appropriate shoes.

He was sentenced to a non-parole period of three years imprisonment, meaning he could have been released in mid-2015 and was on parole at the time of the fatal shooting. Townsend, from Murrumbeena, had an extensive criminal history, mostly for violent offences. The judge who sentenced him for the nightclub attack found that he was remorseful, but that he had "guarded prospects of rehabilitation ... significantly enhanced by the support you have from your family." With AAP