Police are concerned – there could be repercussions – after the brother of a notorious crime figure was shot dead in South West Sydney this morning
Police in Condell Park after fatal shooting on Monday morning Image: NCA NewsWire / Monique HarmerSource: News Corp Australia
Police are concerned – there could be repercussions – after brother of notorious crime figure was shot dead in southwest Sydney
It is understood that Mejid Hamzy, the younger brother of Bassam Hamzy, was killed in a car shootout on Monday morning
Police suspect that two men were waiting for the victim to leave his home in Condell Park on Simmat Avenue just after 730am There have been reports of a car being heard leaving after gunfire
Police at Simmat Ave, Condell Park after fatal shooting Image: NCA NewsWire / Monique HarmerSource: News Corp Australia
« Certainly we would say at this early stage that it was a targeted shooting, » said Acting Bankstown Police Superintendent Darren Sly
Police were also investigating whether a burnt out car found nearby was linked to the shooting
The attackers remained at large on Monday afternoon despite efforts by police to locate them using a helicopter and ground officers
The victim’s brother is the leader of the violent Southwestern gang of Sydney Brothers For Life, a convict murdered and locked up in Goulburn Supermax in southern New South Wales
Commissioner Sly told reporters after the incident: “The police are still concerned in circumstances like this where we have a public shooting that there could be repercussions, but surely the police will do all. his efforts to try and stop him if we can «
Earlier today, officials said the victim was treated for multiple gunshot wounds by paramedics from four ambulance teams, but his life could not be saved
Footage from the scene showed a hovering police helicopter and a large number of officers in the area
Simmat Avenue and Curtin Square were closed in both directions and people were advised to avoid the area as detectives and forensic officers were working at the crime scene
Simmat Avenue police after a fatal shooting on Monday morning Image: NCA NewsWire / Monique HarmerSource: News Corp Australia
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