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By Miriah Davis
By Anton Rose
Topic:Shootings
Former mixed martial arts trainer Suman Mokhtarian at a UFC event in 2018. (Reuters: USA Today Sport)
Suman Mokhtarian, 33, was found with gunshot wounds at 6pm on Wednesday in Riverstone and died at the scene.
Shortly after, a red Audi and a white van were found alight at two nearby locations in Sydney's north-west.
Police are investigating whether the attack was gangland related. 
A manhunt is underway as police have confirmed two cars found engulfed in flames are linked to a "targeted" fatal shooting in Sydney's north-west.
Suman Mokhtarian, 33, was found with gunshot wounds on Annaluke Street in Riverstone about 6pm on Wednesday.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.
Suman Mokhtarian died after a shooting in Riverstone on Wednesday afternoon.  (ABC News)
A short time later, firefighters were called to Riverstone Road and found a red Audi set alight. 
Police then located a white van ablaze on nearby Matthias Street. Both vehicles were destroyed in the fires and three crime scenes were established.  
Mr Mokhtarian was a mixed martial arts trainer and fighter and previously fought in the UFC.
Police sources said he survived an attempt on his life last February, when a gunman fired on him outside a gym in Wentworthville.
Superintendent Jason Joyce told ABC Radio Sydney on Thursday the vehicles were involved in the shooting. 
Superintendent Joyce said he was unable to confirm whether the shooting was gangland related but said police were exploring "a number of lines of inquiry".
Police say nearby car fires are associated with the fatal shooting. (Supplied: Courtney Sturgess)
"What I can say is that it was a targeted attack … there were some people who witnessed the incident," he said. 
"My heart goes out to not only the family of the victim, but also the people who had to witness it." 
Superintendent Joyce says it was a "targeted attack".  (ABC News)
Footage from the crime scene on Wednesday afternoon showed police cordoning off a residential street.
Officers were seen collecting evidence and taking photos of what appeared to be bullet casings.
Police officers were conducting investigations at the scene and collecting evidence. (ABC News: Jack Ailwood)
Natalie Hopwood, who lives near the scene of the shooting, said she witnessed the shooting.
Natalie Hopwood's daughter was in the driveway when the shooting took place. (ABC News)
She said it was "scary" and the incident made her want to move house.
"I was out the front with my little kids, [aged] one and three, and we heard the gunshots and then the person drove past our house," she said.
"I called the police straight away, [ran] over and checked to see if he was alive, he clearly wasn't.
Flowers placed at a nearby pole, which had bullets shot into it.  (ABC News: Jack Ailwood)
Ms Hopwood had placed flowers on Thursday morning at a nearby pole, which had bullets shot into it. 
"I could immediately tell he wasn't alive, otherwise I would've tried to help him," she said.
Milton lives in the area and says he heard the bullets being fired. (ABC News)
Another witness who lived in the area, Milton, said he heard the bullets being fired.
"Bang, bang, bang … people were worried … burning cars, everything," he said.
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