A man shot in a “shockingly brazen” daylight attack in Sydney which wounded two other people has had two previous attempts made on his life.
It was “beyond comprehension” three people could be gunned down in Sydney in daylight, Acting NSW Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell said.
It was believed the victims were wounded when two masked gunmen entered an Auburn kebab shop and fired eight shots early Monday afternoon, he said.
A man, 26, was hit in the arm and shoulder, another yet-to-be-identified male was shot in the face and a 50-year-old woman, a shop employee, suffered two torso wounds, he said.
The victims are in hospital.
Commander Thurtell said the gunmen tried to enter an office at the back of the shop before fleeing in a black BMW with cloned registration plates.
“It is beyond comprehension that three people were shot in a crowded Sydney street in broad daylight and the resources of the NSW police have already been deployed,” he said.
“One of the victims of the shooting, the 26-year-old male, we believe was the subject of two previous attempts on his life.”
The man had reported to police on bail an hour before the shooting.
“This is an emerging criminal investigation, we are throwing all our possible resources at it,” Commander Thurtell said.
A crime scene has been set up and several roads are closed in the area.
Police Minister Yasmin Catley Catley said some of the best detectives in Australia would work the case as part of task force Falcon, set up in late May after nine shootings between warring criminal gangs since the start of summer.
About 100 detectives have joined another 50 officers in the mega task force.
“My message to anyone out there going to be doing these place-based shootings on our streets – the police will get you and they will lock you up for a very long time as they should,” Ms Catley said.
She said her thoughts were with the people injured in Monday’s violence, which had “no place in our community”.
“It’s horrifying, it’s unacceptable and it shakes the sense of safety we all deserve.”
Premier Chris Minns described the shooting as “shockingly brazen” and said NSW Police Force investigators are already hunting down those responsible”.
“People committing this kind of violence can expect to be arrested, charged, and to spend years inside small jail cells,” Mr Minns said.
In the most shocking public shooting, innocent plumber John Versace was executed in his driveway in a case of mistaken identity.
Police are still searching for the men behind the 23-year-old’s murder on May 19.
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