A former UFC fighter gunned down in a brazen suburban execution in front of young children on a Sydney street had told friends he was “ready to die”.

Suman Mokhtarian, 33, was shot dead on Annaluke St at Riverstone around 6pm in what police say was the culmination of months of death threats and failed assassination attempts.

Mokhtarian was treated by paramedics at the scene but could not be saved.

Fourteen bullets were fired at the scene as terrified children watched the gruesome underworld slaying unfold on their doorstep.

The gunmen fled in a red Audi, which was found torched just metres away from the shooting scene.

A van linked to the shooter’s associates was also set alight nearby.

Mokhtarian had been living with a target on his back for months and knew the hit was coming.

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