Former UFC fighter gunned down while out for an evening walk in Sydney

Suman Mokhtarian was killed in Riverstone on Wednesday in the latest in a series of broad-daylight shootings

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Mixed martial artists are paying tribute to a former UFC fighter shot dead in what police are treating a targeted attack.

Suman Mokhtarian, 33, was killed in Riverstone, in Sydney’s north-west, at about 6pm on Wednesday. He was believed to be out for a walk when he was gunned down in the latest in a spree of public, broad-daylight shootings in the city.