The War: Guildford shooting victim ‘paid for the sins of the son’, police say

The double murder of teenage gangster Salim Hamze and his innocent father Toufik last year may have been retaliation for the killing of another crime figure, police have revealed.

The double murder of teenage gangster Salim Hamze and his innocent father last year may have been retaliation for the killing of a young crime figure attached to the rival Alameddine clan two months earlier, police have revealed.

Salim Hamze, 18, and his father Toufik, 64, were gunned down as they prepared to leave for work in their red ute on Osgood St at Guildford on October 20.

More than nine months on, as NSW Police continue their investigations, they have confirmed Salim Hamze’s name has come up on “multiple” occasions during investigations into some of the other gangland related shootings that have occurred on Sydney’s streets in the past two years.

Homicide Squad Commander Danny Doherty said one of the investigations was the murder of rival low-level Alameddine associate Shady Kanj which also occurred in Guildford on August 6.

“His name has come up in that (Kanj) investigation and his name’s come up throughout other investigations,” Detective Superintendent Doherty said.

Toufik Hamze and his son Salim were gunned down in a gangland assassination. Picture Facebook.

The pair were gunned down as they prepared to leave for work in their red ute. Picture: 7News

“Unfortunately Salim was the target for the shooting, he was ambushed, and Toufik was the innocent bystander. 

“He was the loving father of Salim and ultimately he paid the ultimate price – he is paying for the sins of the son. Salim’s name has come up in a number of our investigations and as a result of that this was a revenge killing.”

The killings of Kanj, 22, and the Hamze father and son, all featured in The Daily Telegraph’s four-part video series The War on the more than a dozen murders on Sydney’s streets in the past 20 months.

One of the biggest clues police have recovered in the killing of the Hamzes is a grey Ford Mustang they allege was used as a getaway car.

A silver Lexus found burnt near the crime scene is believed to have been one of the getaway vehicles. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

The killings of Salim and Toufik may have been revenge for the killing of Shady Kanj (pictured).

While a silver Lexus SUV allegedly used by the gunmen was found burnt out on a nearby street minutes after the double murder, the grey Ford Mustang was not destroyed and instead discovered stored in a Guildford garage two days later.

Det Supt Doherty said police now believe the sports car had been stored on the secluded Railway St in Granville overnight before the shooting, a location it returned to on Wednesday as part of a renewed appeal for information.

NSW Police towed a Ford Mustang, identical to the one used in the double murder into Railway St in Guildford to jog the memories of locals. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

The next morning it was driven to Murdock Lane in Guildford where the gunmen got in after dumping and torching the Lexus SUV.

“Items from the Ford Mustang are still being forensically examined as we speak, it’s been a very extensive examination forensically,” Det Supt Doherty said.

“People haven’t come forward completely with information. We know there’s some people who know information and who may have used these cars prior to the murder, or heard something since the murder.

“You know people have probably got an opinion on some of the victims of the killings, but you’ve got a loving family of an innocent 64-year-old man and also an 18-year-old.

“So it’s at a point where we’re appealing to the public because we think there are people who know something.”