Melbourne’s crime epidemic has escalated dramatically after a gunman armed with a machine gun opened fire on two homes in the northern suburbs during a terrifying late-night ambush.

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Both properties were peppered with bullets while residents were asleep inside, in what police believe was a targeted attack on members of the same family.

CCTV footage captured the dramatic moment the gunman struggled with his weapon outside a Broadmeadows home just before 1am, failing five times to fire before finally succeeding in pumping around 20 bullets into the front of the house.

The footage shows the offender’s car pulling up before he raises his weapon, only for it to malfunction.

His accomplice in the passenger seat fires a shot while t

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