The main players in the Ingleburn shooting were all known to each other

THE shots fired at a western Sydney signage firm on Monday left two families devastated — and was more than a random attack.

Ingleburn shooting. Picture: TNV

AS THE guns fell silent on the siege that left two dead and two others injured at a western Sydney signage business on Monday, a tangled web of a dispute that devastated two families emerged.

The violence at Inline National Signage was not random.

It’s a tragic tale of how tenuous links, timing and alliances going back years combined to culminate in an imperfect and deadly storm.

Michael Bassal, 43, went to the Ingleburn factory early on Monday reportedly to sort out a dispute over a sign he had ordered for his construction business.

He allegedly left after a “warning shot” was fired during the meeting, returned with his brothers, and was greeted by gunfire.

Within minutes, Michael Bassal had been fatally wounded and the man believed to have killed him, Wayne Williams, had kicked off a siege that lasted six hours with his fellow employees in the factory. It ended when he turned the gun on himself.

It has been reported Wayne and Michael Bassal knew each other for several years and had overlapping lives.

Police are now investigating the tangled web linking the major players in the dispute over a sign that escalated into a bloodbath.

Ingleburn shooting. Picture: TNV; news.com.au

WAYNE WILLIAMS, 33

Former boyfriend of Inline owner Chantelle Tonna, who still worked at Inline Signage. Shot Michael Bassal and himself dead on Monday. Is believed to have shot Bassal when the latter returned to the factory with his brothers after an earlier meeting, Shot himself ending the siege in the business as other staff members hid in fear.

Reportedly had links to the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang. Michael Bassal had connections to the Rebels bike gang. But police say the bloodshed arose out of a business dispute, not the pair’s motorcycle gang alliances.

Wayne Williams (on the bike), the alleged shooter at the Ingleburn sign factory.

MICHAEL BASSAL, 43

Shot dead by Wayne Williams on Monday. Bassal was invited to the factory to sort out a dispute over a $40,000 sign he had ordered for his construction business. Inline owner Chantelle Tonna, Wayne Williams and Peter Williams — Wayne’s father and also an Inline employee — were at the meeting. The Bassal family lawyer said the meeting was to discuss his complaints over reasons why the $40,000 signs he had paid for had not been delivered on time. The meeting reportedly ended with a warning shot being fired into the floor. Michael left, but allegedly returned to Inline with his two brothers, Terry and Mark Bassal, afterwards. The trio was allegedly met with bullets. Michael was killed. His brothers were shot but escaped with their lives — Terry was hit in the chest and Mark received a graze to his leg.

Michael Bassal Picture: Facebook

CHANTELLE TONNA, 33

The owner of Inline Signage, and a former girlfriend of Wayne Williams. Was in the room for the meeting, allegedly accompanied by Wayne and Peter Williams when Michael Bassal arrived at Inline the first time on Monday morning. Tonna was charged with concealing a serious indictable offence. She has been granted bail with strict conditions and will appear in court on April 4.

Chantelle Tonna is led from the scene.

PETER WILLIAMS, 52

Wayne Williams’ father, who also worked at Inline. Allegedly the one who fired the first shot — drawing a gun and firing it into the floor of the business when Michael Bassal arrived for the first meeting. Charged on Tuesday with discharging a semiautomatic rifle in a public place and concealing a murder committed by his son. Bailed on the condition he report to police twice a week, steer clear of witnesses and the signage shop, forfeit a $5000 surety and avoid international departure points.

Peter James Williams, 52 of Ingleburn, leaves Campbelltown Court with supporters, after being given bail following Monday's siege at Ingleburn.

— with AAP

Originally published as The main players in the Ingleburn shooting were all known to each other