Police manhunt for suspect after fatal shooting in Sydney’s West

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A gunman killed a man in Western Sydney’s Canley Heights on Sunday night. Emergency crews would soon respond to an abandoned car set alight in a suburb close by. It is expected a coroner’s report will be expected.

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00:00It's been a harrowing scene this morning.

00:04As you can see over my right shoulder here, still police are set up hours after the shooting

00:09was first reported to emergency services at 10 to 7pm last night.

00:14There were reports of gunshots being fired and it was there that paramedics discovered

00:18the man with gunshot wounds.

00:20Now despite their attempts to save his life, they were unable to and he died at the scene.

00:25It's been a harrowing scene as I already mentioned, but it's also one that's distressed

00:29people who live in the neighbourhood.

00:31Some here who say while it is a busy street for traffic, typically Canley Heights in southwest

00:36Sydney doesn't have many incidents and certainly they haven't ever seen police of this extent

00:42here in their presence.

00:44Here's a couple of people we spoke to this morning.

00:47When he was running outside he stand there at the opposite lane and when he look on the

00:54left he saw someone lay down on the ground.

00:59He think the man was still moving at that time so they carry him up to the ambulance

01:05but after maybe around 30 minutes they bring him back down.

01:10Now we will hear from police later today Dan, however what is already a part of the investigation

01:16and the enquiry is the presence of a vehicle discovered in Wakeley, 2km from where I'm

01:21standing right now.

01:22It was set ablaze and torched.

01:24It had to be extinguished by authorities overnight and they do believe that vehicle is linked

01:29to this incident.

01:30Now, more will be revealed at 11am local time here so in just under an hour where police

01:35at Cabramatta police station will stand up and take questions on this shooting, indeed

01:40whether or not they believe it was a targeted incident or something else entirely.

01:45One thing that has become apparent is that this method of a car nearby being set ablaze

01:50has been associated with a series of not only targeted shootings but also indicative

01:56of organised crime or gangland killings.

01:58We don't know if that's the case yet but we do know that no one has been arrested so whoever

02:03was responsible for this shooting is still at large and that furthermore that no one

02:08else at this scene was hurt but for now locals reckoning with what is still a police investigation

02:14ongoing involving forensics, dog squads, detectives and general duties officers this morning Dan.

02:20For more information visit www.fema.gov.au

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