Bassam Hamzy’s brother Ghassan Amoun shot dead in daylight after leaving beauty clinic

Hamzy family crime boss Ghassan Amoun had been warned he was a dead man walking but he may not have expected that moment to come as he left a beauty salon on Thursday.

Hamzy family crime boss Ghassan Amoun had been repeatedly warned that he was a dead man walking but he may not have expected that moment to come as he left a beauty salon on Thursday afternoon.

But, just like his older brother Mejid Hamzy in 2020 and younger cousin Bilal Hamze in mid-2021, when a gunman opened fire in broad daylight on a busy South Wentworthville street there was nowhere to run.

Amoun, 35, had just left an appointment at the Laser Lady beauty clinic about 12.45pm when a stolen grey 2017 Mini Cooper pulled up at speed.

A balaclava-clad gunman got out and opened fire on the stocky gangster, hitting him twice in the head.

Ghassan Amoun has been shot dead.

Amoun was the brother of murderer Bassam Hamzy.

Amoun’s body was found near his vehicle. Picture: Supplied

The 35-year-old had been released from prison earlier this week. Picture: Christian Gilles

Amoun’s slaying came just three days after he walked out of Clarence Correctional Centre on January 3, and takes the total number of Hamzy family members killed in the suspected conflict with the Alameddines to five since October 2020.

NSW Police Acting Superintendent Glen Fitzgerald described Amoun’s shooting as a “brutal” incident and one that was “obviously targeted”.

“At 12.45pm ambulance paramedics were call to Rawson Rd and the intersection of the Great Western Hwy due to reports of a shooting,” Acting Supt Fitzgerald said.

“It was obviously a targeted attack linked to criminal networks. There was a driver and a shooter got out of a vehicle, and then fired a number of shots as he was approached getting into the vehicle.

“He was alone at the time. It’s very brutal attack during daylight hours in Sydney.”

Rawson Road in South Wentworthville was cordoned off by police after the gangland shooting. Picture: TNV

There was a flurry of activity as police and detectives arrived on scene. Picture: TNV

Moments after the first triple-0 call was made about Amoun’s shooting, another came from residents on nearby Una St where the getaway vehicle had been dumped and set alight.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the Mini Cooper used in Amoun’s shooting was stolen from a Warrawee home on October 29, last year.

Late last year it formed part of an appeal to the public for information by police, with detectives clearly knowing what its intended purpose was from the moment it was stolen.

Police sources said while the investigation is in its early stages, Amoun’s murder is most likely the latest escalation in the ongoing feud between the Alameddine and Hamzy crime networks.

A torched car was found nearby. Picture: TNV

It comes three months after teenage gangster Salim Hamze, 18, and his innocent father Toufik Hamze, 64, were slain in the front yard of a Guildford home in October.

Earlier in 2021, Bilal Hamze was gunned down in Sydney’s CBD after which Amoun and Ibrahem Hamze — Bilal’s younger brother — were warned by police that they were the likely next targets.

Ibrahem narrowly escaped an attempt on him in North Sydney in August.

With Amoun now gone, the baby-faced 28-year-old must be wondering when and where the next attempt will come.

Opposition police spokesman Minister Walt Secord said something needed to be done about the ongoing violence.

“Crime gangs are carrying out attacks with impunity,” Mr Secord said.

“Frankly, I’m less concerned about feuding gangsters killing each other — and far more concerned about innocent bystanders getting killed in the crossfire.”