Young father shot dead at party in Victorian border town

A young father has been gunned down and left to die on a road after a house party turned violent.

Police said Duwayne Johnson, 26, was shot in the chest at 3am in Wodonga, on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales.

About a dozen people were partying at a house in Woodland Street, the home of a young single mum, police said.

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Duwayne Johnson, 26, was shot in the chest at 3am by a man who left him to die on the road in Wodonga, Victoria.

But an argument broke out between the victim and another man who then pulled out a gun, shooting him at close range at 3am.

After leaving his victim in a pool of blood, police say the lone gunman got into a light-coloured sedan and sped off in an easterly direction.

Neighbours then ran out to try and save the young man's life.

"All I have to say is why? He was just a young man with his life ahead of him," Johnson's uncle told 9News.

Duwayne Johnson, 26, was shot in the chest at 3am by a man who left him to die on the road in Wodonga, Victoria.

Police said police were keen to speak to any witnesses or anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers.

Source: 9News