Police are investigating after a man believed to be the alleged gangland boss Fadi Haddara was shot in Altona North this evening.

Police and Haddara’s lawyer have been contacted for comment.

The Age has heard from multiple sources that Haddara was shot in while parkerd in a car in his driveway on Marigold Avenue near Millers Road and is now receiving treatment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

More to come.