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A man has been shot dead in suburbia before the suspected getaway car was found burnt out 3km away.
Emergency responders were called to Sutherland Street, Canley Heights in Sydney’s west at about 6.50 on Sunday night following reports shots had been fired.
Paramedics treated the man, thought to be in his 30s, for gunshot wounds at the scene but he was unable to be revived.
Several ambulances and police vehicles attended the scene, along with dozens or emergency personnel, while a helicopter flew overhead.
But patrol officers and detectives could be seen investigating the scene of the horrific shooting, going door to door to speak to shocked residents of nearby houses.
Some officers were wearing gloves so as not to contaminate any evidence they gathered.
Local traffic was diverted down an alternative route, while police crime scene tape kept onlookers at a distance from where the man was shot.
Shortly after the shooting, a car was found well alight on Bathurst Street, in the nearby suburb of Wakeley.
A man was shot dead in suburban Sydney on Sunday. The scene of the shooting is pictured
The suspected getaway car (pictured) was later found burnt out 3km away in another suburb
Paramedics (pictured) treated the man, thought to be in his 30s, for gunshot wounds at the scene but he was unable to be revived
Emergency personnel kept onlookers away from the burning white car, as it was engulfed in orange and red flames and thick black smoked curled up into the sky.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews extinguished the blaze, fortunately before any nearby vehicles parked by Welcome Park caught alight from the burning embers.
As of Sunday night, the suspected gunman remains on the run.
Police have received no other reports of injury.
Officers from Fairfield City Police Area Command attended and established a crime scene, which will be forensically examined.
About an hour after the shooting, several emergency vehicles left the scene, but as the light faded on Sutherland St, detectives and police officers were still looking for evidence and talking to potential witnesses.
Investigations into the incidents – which are believed to be linked – are underway by officers from Fairfield assisted by State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
More to come.
