Family's plea after dad-to-be shot dead in his car 'for no apparent reason'

The distraught pregnant partner and parents of a tradie gunned down in Melbourne have pleaded for help to find his killers.

Detectives believe Aaron Toth’s death is a case of mistaken identity because he was in a similar car to the intended target.

In three weeks Toth was meant to become a father for the first time.

Instead, his family is grappling with the reality of his execution-style murder.

His father, Andrew, said he was “taken too young”.

“[He] had his life ahead of him,” he said.

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said Toth was “senselessly killed here for what appears to be no apparent reason”.

In the hours leading up to Toth’s death on April 27, police tracked three stolen vehicles including an Audi, a black Volkswagen Golf GTI and a Toyota Camry speeding along the Parkway in Hampton Park, before two gunshots were fired.

Nearly an hour later a stolen Mitsubishi SUV chased down the black Audi through several streets before another hail of bullets erupted, 14 in total.

About 11.30pm, the Audi was torched.

Just after midnight, Toth arrived at a friend’s house on Bride Avenue.

One minute later he was ambushed while still inside his Volkswagen Golf.

“They left him the cowards, they left him to die on the side of the road,” his mother, Kim, said.

“I just think god hope he didn’t suffer, I hope he didn’t see anything.”

Detectives are still searching for the stolen black Volkswagen Golf GTI seen earlier.

In June police charged a 21-year-old man from Cranbourne North with murder but investigators are desperate to identify the other men involved to provide answers for Toth’s family.

“There’s got to be someone out there that knows something, he didn’t deserve to die like this nobody does it’s just not fair,” his mother said.