By Luke Voogt
A 26-year-old Corio man will face court in August over the shooting death of Daniel Eagle, 43, as he lay in a car wreck on Saturday morning.
In a filing hearing at Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning magistrate Franz Holzer remanded Joshua Rozynski, 26, to appear for a committal mention on August 6.
Mr Eagle was the front-seat passenger of a white Ford SUV that crashed with an Australia Post truck on the Princes Highway in Corio about 6am.
A second vehicle that had been following the SUV pulled over at the crash scene, homicide detectives alleged.
Homicide detectives alleged that Rozynski fatally shot Mr Eagle at the corner of Harpur Road and Princes Highway, Corio, about 6.05am.
Two other men aged in their 20s were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police later arrested Rozynski, along with a 25-year-old man, and homicide detectives interviewed them at Geelong Police Station on Sunday night before charging Rozynski with murder
“A 25-year-old Corio man who was assisting police has been released pending further enquires,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
According to investigators, the deceased, Mr Eagle, and the accused, Rozynski, were known to each other.
Rozynski did not appear in court or make an application for bail.
The court heard prosecutors would spend coming weeks sifting through a large amount of CCTV footage, phone records and forensic evidence.
