Man gunned down in 'brazen', 'targeted' attack on Sydney street

A shooter is connected nan tally aft a man was gunned down successful a "brazen" and "targeted" onslaught connected a north-west Sydney street.

About 6pm today, neighbours called emergency services to Annaluke Street successful Riverstone, wherever they recovered a man believed to beryllium successful his 30s pinch gunshot wounds to his precocious torso.

He was treated by paramedics but died astatine nan scene.

Police were yet to place nan man but said he was believed to beryllium a section resident who had been retired for a walk, though that hadn't been confirmed.

Superintendent Jason Joyce said investigations continued coming astatine nan Annaluke Street tract and 2 different crime scenes wherever burnt-out vehicles were recovered soon aft nan shooting.

"It's very brazen, and it's a shame that this is happening successful our community," he told nan media astatine Riverstone constabulary position tonight.

"You'd want to deliberation that successful a residential area for illustration that, group could rotation nan streets astatine that clip of nighttime and beryllium safe, but we do judge it's a targeted attack."

Neighbours told constabulary they saw a reddish Audi speeding distant from nan segment pinch 1 personification wrong aft firing connected nan man from wrong nan vehicle.

About 15 minutes later, emergency services were called to a car occurrence adjacent connected Riverstone Road, adjacent Clarke Street.

Firefighters extinguished nan blaze, but nan Audi was destroyed.

A achromatic van recovered alight soon aft connected Mathis Street successful Riverstone was besides destroyed.

"There is immoderate denotation that they were driving astir that area earlier successful nan evening, but we're yet to corroborate that, and evidently we'll make inquiries successful narration to what CCTV footage we tin find from residents successful that area," Joyce said, erstwhile asked whether nan van had been seen earlier nan shooting.

He said location was thing astatine this shape to bespeak tonight's shooting was linked to nan interception of an alleged "kill squad" connected nan measurement to a daycare centre successful Revesby yesterday but constabulary would beryllium "following each forms of inquiries".

After nan 4th apparently gangland-linked shooting successful nan past month, Joyce sought to reassure residents constabulary were putting "a batch of resources" into tackling nan rumor and called for group to study thing suspicious.

"My bosom goes retired to nan family of this unfortunate and surely immoderate of nan group that witnessed it," he said.

"It would person been a horrific point to witness, and it's surely not thing we tolerate successful nan organization and surely NSW Police are putting a batch of effort into trying to target these sorts of offences."

Anyone pinch accusation is urged to interaction Crime Stoppers connected 1800 333 000.

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