Sunbury kebab shop owner Yusuf Kucukbas,56,was shot in the leg as he returned home from a family friend’s wedding just after 1am.
On Sunday morning,his son-in-law,who also lives at the Belleview Drive home but did not want to give his name,said the family was “shaken” and “frightened” that the gunman was still after his father-in-law.
The man was home on Saturday morning when he heard the gunshots.
“I ran out straight away but I keep thinking if I had got there sooner I could have saved him,” he said.
The man said he came out to find his father-in-law had been shot in the leg.
He says he saw a masked gunman escape in a white or silver 4WD.
“We are very shaken up ... we are frightened that someone is still after my father-in-law,” he said.
He said he has “no idea” why anyone would want to hurt Mr Kucukbas.
“We don’t know. We have no idea,” he said. The man said his father-in-law was “doing OK.”
“He’s still in hospital but he is stable and his wife is with him,” he said.
On Sunday morning,Mr Kucukbas'shop Cheeky Kebabs was closed.
A sign on the shopfront said it was closed “until further notice” due to “a family matter".
The owner of a nearby takeaway shop said he had known Mr Kucukbas and his family for more than a decade.
“He is a very nice man. We have known each other for a very long time. We always come into each other’s shop. I don’t know why anyone would want to do this to him,” the shop owner,who only wanted to be known as Li,said.
“His whole family is very nice. I was very shocked to hear this had happened,” Li said.
The shooting came after comments by senior police about an"emerging gun culture"in Melbourne's north-west that may lead to innocent people being shot,following a string of shooting incidents early Friday.
Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said armed and newly-forming criminal networks were working together to carry out violent crimes,of joint benefit,as police work to halt the illegal gun trade.