Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the mur­der of a Pe­tit Val­ley man who was am­bushed and shot mul­ti­ple times on Mon­day night, as he drove through the area on his way home.

The bloody, life­less body of me­chan­ic Nicholas “Sharky” Stephen­son, 50, was found at Pi­o­neer Dri­ve, Pe­tit Val­ley, around 10 pm by res­i­dents who alert­ed po­lice about gun­fire in the area.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors col­lect­ed 35 9mm spent shell cas­ings; and eight live 9mm rounds of am­mu­ni­tion at the scene.

One wit­ness re­port­ed see­ing a Maz­da 3 car ex­it­ing the street sec­onds af­ter Stephen­son was shot.

Up­on check­ing, he found Stephen­son ly­ing on the road, bleed­ing from mul­ti­ple gun­shot wounds about the body.

Stephen­son’s truck was found parked on the side of the road with the dri­ver’s door open and bul­let holes in the front wind­screen, while the front right and rear tyres were de­flat­ed.

The am­bush by the killers caused Stephen­son to crash in­to a white Nis­san B13 which had been parked on the road.