Cruz Noonan jailed for shooting at police at Sunbury McDonald’s

A man has been jailed for a ‘frightening’ act at a suburban McDonald’s that led to police taking cover in the manager’s office.

A man has been jailed for shooting at a police car in the carpark of Sunbury McDonald’s in Melbourne’s northwest.

Cruz Noonan, 20, was sentenced to three years and six months prison with 18 months non-parole in the County Court of Victoria on Thursday.

His co-offender Joel Papa was jailed for five years with a non-parole period of two years and 10 months on June 2.

The pair were driving around “aimlessly” in the early hours of August 13, 2019 with a loaded shotgun when they saw a police vehicle parked at the McDonald’s.

Cruz Noonan was jailed for three years and six months on Thursday. Picture: Facebook

Noonan fired at the police car, smashing the rear compartment window with shotgun pellets, with Papa behind the wheel.

They honked the horn and “woo-hooed”, Judge Gerard Mullaly said.

The police officers inside the McDonald’s called for back-up, and Papa and Noonan rammed the second police car.

Judge Mullaly said even though it was 3.30am, the McDonald’s was open and their actions were “highly dangerous and frightening” for the public.

Restaurant employees and the original two police officers took cover in the manager’s office of the restaurant while Noonan and Papa shot at the car and hooned around.

Cruz Noonan fired at a police car at Sunbury McDonald’s on August 13, 2019. Picture: Facebook

The police air wing helicopter tracked the car and Noonan was arrested as soon as he arrived home.

He pleaded guilty to using a firearm in a public place, damaging an emergency service vehicle, possession of an unregistered handgun and related minor charges.

Judge Mullaly said Noonan had a disrupted childhood and a “fierce addiction” to ice at the time of the crimes after first using drugs at age 15.

He has served 281 days of his prison sentence as pre-sentence detention.

Originally published as Cruz Noonan jailed for shooting at police at Sunbury McDonald’s