Man charged after home sprayed with bullets in Marsden Park, Sydney
A man has allegedly been found with a gun after shots were fired into a home in a major city, as captured on CCTV footage.
A man has allegedly been found with a gun after a home in Sydney’s northwest was peppered with bullets.
CCTV captured the moment gunmen allegedly opened fire on the Marsden Park home at about 10.45pm on Thursday before fleeing in an SUV.
In a statement, NSW Police said officers from the Riverstone Police Command Area were called to the Marsden Park address, following reports that shots had been fired into a house on Steeple Pl.
No injuries were reported, though police are still investigating who the intended target was.
Shortly after, a car was found alight in a park in the suburb of Girraween – about 20km away from the Steeple Pl address.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews extinguished the blaze shortly after arriving at Oramzi Rd about 11.20pm, but the car had been completely destroyed.
CCTV from a neighbouring property captured the moment a black SUV pulled up in the small neighbourhood in the pouring rain.
In the footage obtained by 9News, two men are seen exiting the vehicle before the alleged shooting.
They then get back into the car before it speeds off into the night.
It is understood no one was inside the property at the time of the shooting and that eight shots were fired into the home’s second floor window.
A man has since been charged after police stopped a rideshare vehicle on Lucretia Rd in Toongabbie.
A firearm and spent ammunition cartridges were allegedly found during a search of the 18-year-old passenger.
He was charged with possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority, not keep firearm safely – prohibited firearm, possess unregistered firearm in public place, possess firearm not stamped/engraved with allotted number and acquire etc firearm – subject to prohibition order.
The man was refused bail at Blacktown Local Court on Friday.
He’s set to front the same court on May 16.
Police earlier established crime scenes at both locations and are investigating whether the two incidents are linked.
Forensics officers remained at the scene later on Friday morning, analysing multiple bullet holes in the second-storey windows on the front facade.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Originally published as Man charged after home sprayed with bullets in Marsden Park, Sydney
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