Rebels Motorcycle Club members shot dead in bloodiest explosion in the bikie wars.

A member of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, have been shot dead in what is feared to be the latest and bloodiest explosion in the bikie wars.The men, believed to be aged 48- and 57-years-old, were found dead in the front and back yards of a house in the southern suburb of Chisholm shortly after 3pm yesterday.ACT police arrested a man minutes after the double killings, and he was taken to Tuggeranong police station.A 20-year-old man from Chisholm has been charged with two counts of murder and is expected to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court about 9am today.Sources suggest the shooting could have been related to a drug deal.A witness said she had heard the shots but had dismissed it as usual, neighbourhood noise.But then police arrived."I went outside and looked around. There were not many police cars yet … and we saw a body on the road," she said."My daughter said, 'Mum, look. There's somebody on the road, bleeding."'
She then saw a "young man" dressed in a white shirt and brown shorts lying on the road covered in blood.A witness, 11, chanced upon the horrific scene on her way home from school.She told the Herald: "He was lying on his side with blood pouring [out] and dripping out of him. It just makes me feel sad and disappointed [in] whoever did that, because nobody deserves to die like that. Nobody should ever have to deal with that."Police refused to rule out links to the escalating bikie war, but this morning said investigations indicated the shooting was not gang related.But a Rebels Motorcycle Club life member said club ties had nothing to do with the shooting, which allegedly occurred at the hands of an ex-lover.The man, who did not wish to be named, said one of the victims was a close friend and a fellow Rebels member for around 30 years."He's been in a lot of trouble over his life, had a pretty tough time in his life at times,'' the man said."I sort of expected (him) to be somebody on the other side of things, more likely to be shooting at somebody than getting shot at."It was over a girl from what I believe. It's a love triangle.''The man said he did not know the identity of the other man involved in the shooting or if he was a member of the Rebels or any other motorcycle club."All I know was that it wasn't club related,'' he said.The man said bikers were wrongly portrayed as violent drug dealers and unfairly targeted by the police."We get misrepresented all the time, rolled into a bundle like a piece of dough and portrayed to be something that we're not,'' he said."The way it's portrayed on the news that we are the ultimate crooks, drug dealers, whatever, is a load of crap and I really know it is for a fact.''A local Chisholm resident, who also wished to remain anonymous, said the suburb was not a haven for bikie gangs."There's some bikes around here but I don't think (it's) anything gang related,'' he said."We've been here for 19 years and haven't heard nothing like that."We're just peaceful people here. Everyone sort of minds their own business."When you first hear about it you think the bikie gangs are coming around here now, apparently it's not that.''The man was home at the time of the shooting but said he didn't hear any disturbance.