Vic burglar may have shot mate: police

Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a man's body in Melbourne's west. Source: AAP

A MAN shot dead in a Melbourne street may have been a burglar who was killed by his accomplice, police say.

Nearby residents unsuccessfully tried to revive the man after finding him on the footpath of a Hoppers Crossing street at about 2am (AEST) on Monday.

Residents had heard two men arguing and then a loud noise.

Homicide Squad Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles said the death is linked to a burglary on a nearby house.

"We can speculate it might be two burglars and they've had an argument and one has shot his mate, or his co-accused, or it may not be that," he told reporters.

"What it appears at this stage is there has been an argument between two men."

Investigators later recovered a plasma television which is linked to the burglary, at the rear of a white Volkswagen transit van.

A silver 2002 BMW convertible, which is believed to be the getaway car, was found on Monday afternoon about 10km away in Altona Meadows.

Nearby resident Leonard Linning said he tried to revive the man, but was unsuccessful.

"I thought it was just some drunk guy passed out and I was trying to wake him up and I told my girlfriend to call the paramedic," he told reporters.

"I got on the phone and I was trying to revive him and then I realised he was gone."

Mr Linning's father Ray Linning also tried unsuccessfully to revive the man.

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