Inspector Daly said about six people were inside the store at the time of the incident, including staff and customers. "At this stage we believe the man who has been shot was a customer," he said. "We're treating this as a targeted attack and the offenders have specifically targeted the victim. "I can confirm reports that stray bullets have entered other premises. This is very alarming given that innocent people could have been injured." Police found a silver car engulfed in flames a short time later, which was being treated as a getaway car. Inspector Daly said it was too early to determine if the shooting was bikie related or if it was linked to the fatal shooting of former Comanchero bikie chief Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi in Sydney last week.

He also declined to comment on whether the tattoo parlour had outlaw bikie links, but said detectives from armed crime and the anti-bikie Echo taskforce were investigating the motive for the shooting. Police have collected CCTV footage from inside the tattoo parlour and from nearby stores in the shopping strip. Police at the scene where a man was shot at a tattoo parlour. Credit:Joe Armao The Nitro Gym has been the scene of a shooting in the past. The Comancheros have a clubhouse in Hallam.

Murray was recently sent to prison for six months, but The Age is prevented from reporting the offence for legal reasons. The Comancheros have been involved in a feud with the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang in recent years, with bashings, shootings and firebombings occurring in Melbourne and in other states. Police at the scene. Credit:Joe Armao Vicki Tsekas who works at Pioneer Real Estate behind the tattoo parlour said she didn't hear the gunshots. "We didn't even know what happened until diners who were at a restaurant nearby told us there had been a shooting," she said. "All the traders I have spoken to didn't hear a sound."

Ms Tsekas said she had been told by other withesses about six or seven shots had gone through the back wall of the tattoo parlour and peppered the Hammersmith Lawyers office directly behind it. Staff inside the law firm at the time of the shooting narrowly avoided being hit. "From what I was told they were all just inside working when the bullets went through the wall," she said. "It's terrifying. It could of been anyone one of us." One Fordholm Road resident who did not want to be named said he was inside his house when he heard police sirens blaring. "I went out the front and looked over the gate and I've just seen cop cars flying down the street," he said. "Then I saw an ambulance rush to the shops and I thought 'What the hell is going on here?' I've never seen anything like it."

Police outside the parlour. Credit:Channel Seven The man, who has lived in the street for about 40 years, said he was "shaken up" after hearing it was a shooting. "To be honest, it's usually pretty safe around here," he said. "A few months back I heard of another guy being shot at the pokies around the corner, but in all the time I lived in the area I've always felt safe. It does rattle you up a bit." A Nitro Ink employee was interviewed by detectives outside the tattoo parlour but he declined to comment when approached by The Age. A worker from a nearby business who did not want to be identified said she often felt unsafe and avoided shopping in the area.