<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New details have emerged about the final moments of a suspected underworld henchman who died in a hail of bullets in a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> laneway yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Athan Boursinos was gunned down in broad daylight yesterday while leaving his family's Wollert townhouse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands the 21-year-old got out of his BMW and challenged his killer to "do it" before he was shot in the side of the head.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/health/hiv-vaccine-study-united-states-health/ce8d576e-5b59-48b0-bc26-6afd08b3263d" target="_blank"><strong><span>New breakthrough in fight against HIV after vaccine trials gives positive results</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood Boursinos was on the way to court on drug, weapon, theft and driving offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbour Tanco Taneski's bedroom is just metres from the alley where the deadly ambush took place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At least three to four [shots] first bum, bum, bum. Then at least another three and then the last two. At least eight, I think," he told 9News.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wollert-athan-boursinos-melbourne-mans-final-words-before-daylight-execution-revealed/938a9753-6ba7-430b-8953-777c9658849a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"After that, screaming - probably his father came out and saw him on the ground."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Boursinos' father is a former police sergeant, but his son is believed to be a suspect in the shooting of gangland figure Sam "The Punisher" Abdulrahim in January.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hunter-valley-wedding-mini-bus-crash-bride-and-groom-identified-as-groom-fights-for-life/adf435b3-2e5e-48e1-a54d-c01396b711a2" target="_blank"><strong><span>Groom John Barrett was hours away from marrying fiancée before wedding minibus crashed in NSW Hunter Valley</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But family say Boursinos was cleaning up his life, had turned to God and was ready to face his previous charges in court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His brother told 9News this morning that Boursinos has the biggest heart and was the bravest person he knew.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Boursinos' fiancee took to social media to express her heartache.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I will never stop loving you," she wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You're the best person I have ever met with the best soul.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can't wait to see and hold you again."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are yet to confirm if a four-wheel-drive found torched in Reservoir was used as a getaway car by Boursino's killer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Overnight, a Ford ute was torched on an empty block closer to the crime scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> It is not believed to be linked to the 21-year-old's murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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