Wests Tigers teenager Masei Tavui has been charged with murder.
The 19-year-old was charged by Liverpool Police on Tuesday afternoon over the death of underworld figure Dejan “Danny the Serb” Radulovic earlier this year.
It’s understood that Mr Radulovic was on parole for drug supply when he was killed.
Tavui has come through the Wests Tigers junior ranks, playing in the Harold Matthews and SG Ball leagues.
Five riot squad police officers pounded on the door of the backrower’s Austral address at 7.15am to arrest him and execute a search warrant at the home.
They were seen on camera combing through the property and talking to the shirtless man before taking him into custody.
Radulovic was killed on July 29 after he was allegedly shot and stabbed on Donnelly St in Balmain following an altercation with two men.
Tavui sat calmly talking to police in handcuffs before being taken away in a paddy wagon.
They arrested the 19-year-old and during the search found and seized “clothing relevant to their investigation”.
“It will undergo further forensic examination,” NSW Police said.
On the night of the alleged murder, police were called to Donnelly Street in Balmain at 3:40pm on July 29, following reports of an assault.
Officers arrived to find Mr Radulovic suffering significant head and torso injuries, with police alleging his wounds were from being bashed and stabbed.
Paramedics treated him to the scene before taking him to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Despite efforts of medical staff, he could not be saved.
An autopsy of the 29-year-old discovered he had also suffered a gunshot wound.
“Police have been told Danny Radulovic was injured during an altercation with two men before the pair allegedly fled the scene in a white Jeep,” a NSW Police spokesperson said in a statement.
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