Man shot dead in Greenacre street
Sophie Ly and Carleen Frost
The Daily Telegraph
March 16, 2013 12:00AM
A MAN was shot dead in a suburban Sydney street last night in the latest incidence of gun crime to sweep through the city.
Police described the killing of the man, believed to be 25, in Greenacre, in Sydney's southwest, as a targeted attack.
He was shot a number of times, including the back of the head, while sitting in a Silver Mazda 3 on leafy Wilbur Lane about 6.15pm.
His body was found lying next to the car which had bullet holes in the driver's side door and about another three in the windscreen.
"This is not a random incident. This person has been targeted and it's certainly not something that is random," Bankstown police Superintendent Dave Eardley said.
"It's certainly an act that's quite vicious and callous."
In a shocking scene now regularly confronting residents of Sydney's western and southwestern suburbs, the street was shut down as more than 30 police scoured the area for evidence.
Forensic detectives and investigators from the Homicide Squad were also called in to assess the scene. Local residents returning from work were unable to enter their homes as the street was blocked off for about 100m.
Police cars and ambulance vans also clogged the street.
A group, believed to be members of the man's family, arrived on the scene soon after police arrived. There were hysterical scenes as several women in the group made their way towards the police barrier to view the body.
Police said it was too soon to say if the killing was related to motorcycle gangs but Supt Eardley said investigators were "not ruling anything out".
Earlier this week police told The Sunday Telegraph they were preparing for an escalation in gangland violence after a matriarch of the infamous Hamzy crime family was shot at her Auburn home. The woman, an aunt to Supermax inmate Bassam Hamzy, was shot four times in the legs as she opened the front door of her unit at 2.40pm on Saturday.
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Police are yet to determine if the incident was linked to a shooting at nearby Provincial St at 3pm.
Yesterday's killing marks the 35th shooting in NSW this year - more than three a week - with 10 this month alone.
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