A man and a woman have been fatally shot during an altercation inside a home on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, with police now hunting the gunman. Police said a fight between a group of people broke out at the home on Parson St, Rye shortly after 4am on Monday.

Two people have been found dead with gunshot wounds inside a home on Rye on the Mornington Peninsula. Police including homicide squad detectives have swooped on the Parson St home as they probe the deaths which are believed to have occurred around 4am Monday.

A man was trying to protect himself against two intruders when he and one of the assailants was shot dead in a property on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.

Homicide detectives are searching for an unknown man after a woman and man were shot during an apparent burglary gone wrong on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Police were called to the property on Parson Street address in Rye about 4am.

Police have descended on a suburban home early on Monday, after an alleged dispute, locating two bodies with gunshot wounds.

A woman who attended a home on the Mornington Peninsula in an attack police said was “targeted” is one of two people killed in a fatal shooting.

Homicide detectives are searching for an unknown man after a woman and man were shot during an apparent burglary gone wrong on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Police were called to the property on Parson Street address in Rye about 4am.