Freddy D’Mello, a 40-year-old property dealer, was shot by three unidentified assailants near Garuda Petrol Pump in Charkop on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 12.30 pm. D’Mello, a resident of Bander Pakhadi, had gone to meet his friend, Fr MA Soosai, at his school in the area. Father Soosai, however, was in Worli at the time. While leaving the school, D’Mello was confronted by three men on a motorbike — two wearing helmets and one covering his face with a napkin. One of them fired two bullets at D’Mello’s chest before the trio fled the scene.