Guildford shooting linked’ to Hamzy, Alameddine war, police allege

An ongoing war between the Alameddine and Hamzy crime families is “strongly linked” to a Western Sydney shooting, police allege.

Shots fired at a home in Sydney’s west are likely “strongly linked” to an ongoing war between the Alameddine and Hamzy crime families, police allege.

Following reports of a shooting on Woodstock St, Guildford about 1am on Friday, police arrived on the scene to find shots had been fired into a home.

A man inside at the time was not injured and no one has yet been arrested.

Detectives doorknocked neighbours on the street. Picture: Adam Yip

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the home was raided by police earlier this week and is associated with the extended Alameddine family.

Cumberland police area Commander Detective Superintendent Darryl Jobson said the “targeted attack” was being investigated as part of the ongoing feud but the man was not co-operating with the investigation.

He confirmed the home was one of eight raided earlier this week where a Mercedes and jetski alleged to have been stolen were seized from another property, and said gangbusting squad Strike Force Raptor were now involved in the investigation.

And inspected this car outside the home. Picture: Adam Yip

“The location of interest and the occupant are both known to police...we strongly believe that (the shooting) is linked between the conflict of organised crime groups in this area,” Det Supt Jobson said.

“At this stage the occupant is not assisting us going forward with inquiries…. “we’ll continue to investigate the matter, regardless of whether (the victim) comes onboard or not.”

Det Supt Jobson said seven shots were fired into the property, and investigators were looking for a black hatchback seen fleeing the scene.

He said police were exploring whether there were multiple people involved in the shooting.

Evidence markers at the house. Picture: Adam Yip

“Police arrived and found a number of spent casings on the roadway…we believe it's a 9mm handgun of some description,” Det Supt Jobson said.

“A black hatchback was seen to leave the area about the time of the shooting, so that’s a vehicle of interest to us.”

“I think it’s fair to say there would have been more than one offender involved in the shooting.”

Specialist police remain at the crime scene outside home today and have asked any witnesses or people with CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward.

Detectives on the scene of a house shooting in Guilford on the 12th of March. Picture: Adam Yip

Local residents, heard the gunshots and told the Daily Telegraph violence was becoming “regular” on their community street.

One male local, who asked not to be named,

heard the gunshots and called the incident “scary”.

“I heard (the shots) and ran outside to see what was going on... but there was nothing to see,” he said.

“It doesn’t scare me too much but my brother and sister are inside, I don’t want them to get hurt.”

Another anonymous local said he was concerned for his young children and their safety.

“It’s happening all the time now, these shootings... I’ve had (Strike Force) Raptor knocking on my door recently asking for footage from my CCTV cameras,” he said.

“We know who it is and what they’re up to, the things they’re involved in, but it definitely makes you worry when you live so close, especially about stray bullets.

“You just want to protect your family and keep them safe.”

The latest incident comes as the second shooting in the street in less than a year, after a 17 year-old girl was injured when shots were fired into her family’s Woodstock St home on July 2 2020.

Eight people including six children were home at the time and the 17 year-old suffered cuts from broken glass, but didn’t require extra treatment.

Det Supt Jobson said police were “keeping an open mind” to see if the two incidents in the same street were linked but were taking the situation “seriously”.

“We’re not tolerating this level of criminal violence out there on the streets, and that’s why we’ll put the resources into it with the intent to identify offenders and put them before the courts,” he said.

Mejid Hamzy.

Rafat Alameddine.

It comes as police attempt to crackdown on gun related violence between the extended Hamzy and Alameddine families.

The historic rivalry escalated into a war last October after Hamzy family patriarch Mejid Hamzy was executed outside his Condell Park home.

NSW Police applied for serious crime prevention orders against two men linked to either family, Rafat Alameddine, Masood Zakaria, Ibrahem Hamze and Ghassan Amoun.

Amoun is the brother of Mejid Hamzy and notorious Supermax inmate Bassam Hamzy. The orders heavily restricted the men’s ability to move around freely.

The battle for territory has previously been identified as among the causes of the conflict between the two powerful families.