Unsolved gun crime in Merrylands, Guidford, Wentworthville, Penrith
A rash of gun crimes in Sydney’s west over the past 12 months remain unsolved. Detectives continue to hunt for those responsible for up to eight violent crimes.
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A rash of gun crimes in Sydney’s west over the past 12 months remain unsolved. Detectives continue to hunt those responsible for the crimes.
FAMILY TARGETED
Two women and a baby boy were inside a home when a gunman opened fire at a Wentworthville home on May 15, 2019.
The women, aged 23 and 39, and a 10-month-old boy all escaped injury when bullets were fired at the Dunmore St property at 8.35pm when shots were fired into the window, lounge room and bedroom.
Police seized several projectiles from the front of the home and took them away for forensic testing.
No arrests have been made.
SHOTS FROM A SUV
September 9, 2019
About 2am on Monday, September 9, emergency services were called to a property in Lockwood St at Merrylands after reports shots had been fired from a passing car, about
12.45am the same day.
No one was injured. Cumberland detectives started the investigation into the incident and released CCTV vision of a dark SUV in January.
“Unfortunately the vehicle was never identified and there was no person charged,’’ Cumberland Acting Inspector Andrew Mackay said.
Investigators are still keen to speak with the driver, who may be able to assist with their inquiries.
JAE TREGEAR
Jae Tregear — who has suspected bikie links — was injured in a drive-by shooting at Barber Ave, Penrith, on November 7.
At court in February, he was fighting charges of supplying 499.67 grams of methylamphetamine at the same address and on the same day he was shot.
He suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen, arms, and legs, and was taken to Nepean Hospital.
No one has been charged in relation to the shooting.
Tregear’s bail was continued for the drug charges.
MIRACLE ON ETTALONG ST
It is a miracle a family of six – including a baby – was not killed in crossfire when a volley of shots sprayed a car and house at Auburn on January 9.
Those were the words from Auburn Detective Inspector Chris Laird, who told reporters more than 20 bullets were fired at the 4WD and house at Ettalong St after a man in a white, late model BMW drove next to another man’s car and opened fire before 8.30am.
Insp Laird said the shots fired at the car were targeted but the house occupants were innocent people.
“The people home at the time … were narrowly missed by the projectiles as they went through the house and that’s why it’s a shocking crime,” he said.
“The number of shots fired today went into the house and it’s a miracle no one was killed or injured today.
“At the end of the day one of the mothers was so shocked she had to go to hospital, which is understandable.”
No charges have been laid.
HUNT FOR AN AUDI
A 26-year-old man was shot in the leg during a drive by shooting at Lomond St, Guildford West, on January 29 at 10.10pm.
Police believe it was a targeted attack and said the shooter left in a white Audi R8.
Paramedics treated the man at the home before rushing him under police guard to Westmead Hospital.
His left leg was heavily bandaged from the wound and he was reportedly breathing and conscious.
The shirtless man with black hair and a beard was seen being loaded into an ambulance by paramedics following the shooting.
The Audi getaway car was later dumped and set on fire more than five kilometres away at Merrylands Park on Burnett St in Merrylands.
Police recovered the torched vehicle about 3am after it had been destroyed.
‘A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T SHOOT VERY WELL’
Price St is no stranger to gun fire. The Ibrahim family home, where the mother of nightclub boss John, jailed bikie Sam and drug-runner Michael lives, has been targeted several times.
But most recently, on March 25 a bullet hole punctured a side window of a different house and police dismissed that it was a targeted shooting.
Cumberland Inspector Brad Peters said the projectile landed in the wrong spot when it hit the double-storey home.
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“Investigations up to this point would lead us to believe the home has not been targeted so the theory is that the bullet may have ricochet from somewhere else or fired randomly at another location,’’ he said.
“And it’s just flown through the area until it’s gone down.
“A lot of these people don’t shoot very well. They don’t have a lot of skill.”
The shooter remains at-large.
SUNRISE FIRE
A 38-year-old man was shot at Marian St, near Bursill St, Guildford, just before 6am on Friday, April 10.
Cumberland police are investigating the incident after the man was shot in his right thigh.
ABANDONED CAR CLUE
A 31-year-old woman cheated serious injuries when she was shot in the chest and arm on Saturday, April 18 about 6.45pm. An abandoned car formed the centre of a crime scene at Caroline St, Westmead, near the hospital where the woman was treated for non-life threatening injuries and is in a stable condition.
“Right now, we currently have been unable to identify those involved but that’s an active inquest and we’re still tyring to ascertain those involved and who’s responsible,’’ Insp Mackay said.