‘Come out of the boneyard’: Gang’s message after 40 shots fired at Sydney home
A rival gang has taunted an Alameddine crime clan associate, daring him in a note to leave his city high-rise after he was targeted in a wild Western Sydney shooting.
A rival gang has taunted an Alameddine crime clan associate, urging him in a handwritten note to leave the safety of his city high-rise after he was targeted in a wild Western Sydney shooting.
The cardboard note was circulated throughout the underworld in the wake of a shocking shooting at Casula in the early hours of Saturday, when a gunman using a semi-automatic weapon fired up to 40 gunshots into a two-storey home.
NSW Police sources said they believed the Alameddine associate was the intended target.
On top of the gunman’s accomplice videoing the attack, a photo was also shared, reading in part: “Come out the boneyard (Barangaroo) and PLAY WITH US!”
Underworld figures have increasingly leased expensive properties in the glittering harbourside precinct in recent years, believing that the high-rise apartments and top-of-the-line security features, provides protection from potential execution attempts.
The handwritten note began by listing a time and place for an apparent meet-up.
The time was 3pm and the place was “Waterloo Green”, a grassed area among the high-rise housing commission towers of the suburb.
The handwritten note began by listing a time and place for an apparent meet-up.
The time was 3pm and the place was “Waterloo Green”, a grassed area among the high-rise housing commission towers of the suburb.
It is understood nothing ever eventuated at the inner-city location.
“What the message means and who it is from is something we obviously are trying to find out,” a senior police source said.
“The home of the target had been vacant for a while and the gunmen spent quite a length of time shooting the place up, perhaps knowing it was empty and this was a serious message to him, and maybe his associates.”
The man believed to be the intended target admitted to the manslaughter of a Vietnamese drug dealer more than a decade ago, killing the man in self-defence and showing police where his body was buried.
Police believe it is unlikely the drive-by shooting was linked to that death.
“To be honest, there could be six or seven motives behind this,” the police source said.
“It sounds as though those doing the shooting are Islanders, but we know they are merely carrying out a contract for someone who they won’t even know, or care, as long as they are paid.”
Filming acts of violence and leaving handwritten messages has become more common in recent times, with a similar method used in an unrelated incident on an alleged drug dealer last Monday.
His car was stopped and an accomplice filmed him being assaulted before a note was left in the car.
“Message from the cartel management. Aus cocaine market comply, or face your fate,” that note read.
Last month, police arrested three men who they allegedly planned to livestream the murder of a man at a Sydney daycare centre and leave a handwritten note on his body.
Senior police are also concerned that machine guns appear to be increasingly available and used, like in Saturday morning’s shooting.
“It just increases the risk of stray bullets going into innocent homes, or even worse, a person,” the source said.
“We know these contracts to carry out drive-by shootings are being outsourced and being accepted by very young people who seem to have very little idea of what they are doing.”
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Originally published as ‘Come out of the boneyard’: Gang’s message after 40 shots fired at Sydney home
