A young family has begun house hunting amid fears for their safety after their home was mistakenly targeted in a drive-by shooting for the second time in a fortnight.
Hardeep Kaur was watching television with her husband and two children when shots were fired at their Virginia Street home in Blacktown, western Sydney, about 9pm on Saturday.
Kaur described the “horrific” moment the family of four was forced to duck for cover as bullets ripped through the front window.
A bullet missed his five-year-old son’s head by a few centimeters.
Hardeep Kaur (pictured) said one of the shots narrowly missed her son’s head when gunmen opened fire at their home in Blacktown, western Sydney, on Saturday night.
“I just told him to get down, it could have just been a second,” Ms Kaur said. nine news.
He grabbed his phone and called the police as the gunman fled the scene.
Chilling CCTV footage from a nearby house showed a white van traveling down the street moments before the shooting.
Mrs Kaur and her terrified family are now looking for a new place to live.
“We can’t hide behind doors, we can’t hide our children,” he said.
“It’s not us, we’re not doing anything.”
The family does not want to move but the fear of another ambush leaves them no choice.
The home was previously attacked on April 13 when nine bullets were fired through the couple’s bedroom window.
The bullets grazed the bedroom door and the nearby bathroom.
The Kaurs were not home at the time.
Police seized an abandoned Ford Ranger pickup truck in nearby Eastern Creek hours later Sunday morning.
Officers believe the ute is linked to Saturday night’s shooting.
“This family is innocent and we believe this is mistaken identity,” Inspector Kelly Evans told reporters.
Bullets were fired into the front window of the house (pictured) as the young family and Ms Kaur’s cousin watched television.
Kaur (pictured) said fear of another ambush has forced the family to start looking for a new place to live.