A Mal­oney man was killed on Sat­ur­day morn­ing af­ter he and an­oth­er friend were am­bushed by gun­men.

Around 2.30 am, Jav­il Bai­ley, 30, of Build­ing 16, Mal­oney Gar­dens, was at home with a friend when un­known gun­men rushed in and opened fire.

Bai­ley was shot 14 times, whilst the sec­ond man, a 23-year-old, was shot in the right el­bow.

The two men were tak­en to the Ari­ma Hos­pi­tal where Bai­ley was de­clared dead, while the oth­er man was treat­ed and dis­charged.

Po­lice of­fi­cials have not re­lease the iden­ti­ty of the sec­ond vic­tim just yet.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.