Victims of Greenacre triple shooting identified as clues emerge about who was the intended target of mob hit
- Three gang shooting victims identified
- All victims aged 20 and in the hospital.
The three young victims shot dead in a gang shootout have been identified and detectives are now working on the assumption that only one was the intended target.
Ahmad Al-Azzam, 25, was shot multiple times, including in the head, while sitting in his silver Toyota on Mayvic Street in Greenacre, south-west Sydney, at 2:15am on Sunday and is now fighting for his life.
Kaashif Richards, 22, and Achiraya Jantharat, 19, who were in a separate car 50 meters away, were also shot and rushed to hospital.
Mr Richards was hit in the neck and remains in critical condition, while Ms Jantharat was hit in the back and is in stable condition.
Due to the large number of bullets focused on Al-Azzam’s car, investigators suspect that Al-Azzam was the hitman’s target. daily telegraph informed.
But the motive remains a mystery as none of the three victims had criminal records or known ties to organized crime gangs.
Ahmad Al-Azzam, 25, was shot multiple times, including in the head, while sitting in his silver Toyota on Mayvic Street in Greenacre, south-west Sydney, at 2:15am on Sunday and is now fighting for his life.
Due to the large number of bullets focused on Mr. Al-Azzam’s car, investigators suspect that Mr. Al-Azzam was the hitman’s target.
“Another shot was fired through a second vehicle through the body of the male driver towards the (female) victim,” the State Crime Command said, said Stuart Smith, NSW Deputy Commissioner of Police.
That’s what we know. We are not going to speculate on anything else, but we are throwing everything away, as we always do.’
Police officers who arrived at the bloody scene and performed CPR are credited with saving the lives of the victims.
Just five minutes after the brazen shooting at the industrial estate, a BMW believed to be the getaway car was torched two suburbs from Regents Park.
The images showed the burnt-out car completely destroyed by the flames with paint ripped off the vehicle and the frame turned ash grey.
Some 20 investigators from the newly formed Strike Force Aplina are working to find the perpetrators.
But opposition police spokesman Paul Toole criticized Police Minister Yasmin Catley for keeping the public in the dark about the ongoing gang war raging on Sydney’s streets.
In the last three years, 18 people have been shot to death in Harbor City and several more, including the last three victims, narrowly survived.
Kaashif Richards, 22, and Achiraya Jantharat, 19, who were in a separate car 50 meters away, were also shot and rushed to hospital.
“The minister needs to come out and tell us what actions she’s taking to proactively support our police by giving them the resources they need right now, to be able to deal with the spate of shootings we’re seeing in Sydney right now,” he said.
“Not (all) shootings take place after dark, these are shootings that take place in the middle of the day in public spaces and the community deserves to feel safe.
The minister has a responsibility here to support the police and tell us what is happening.
Detectives are appealing to anyone with information to come forward.
