Woman and four young children ‘caught in crossfire’ of drive-by shooting in Sydney’s west

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Two men are on the run after a suspected drive by shooting in Western Sydney’s Merrylands. Police say the young family caught in the crossfire were not the intended targets, alleging the suspected target of the attack moved out of the house months ago. Two crime scenes have been set up and investigations are ongoing.

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00:00An innocent family of five were asleep inside their Maryland's home when multiple shots

00:07were fired through the front of their house in the early hours of this morning.

00:12A woman aged in her 30s and her four young children were thankfully not injured in this

00:18suspected drive-by shooting, but it's understood the bullets came incredibly close.

00:24Officers say the family were not the intended target of this attack.

00:27Instead, police believe this was a possible hit on a person who had moved out of that

00:32home just months earlier.

00:34It's understood the previous occupant is known to police.

00:38Detectives have obtained CCTV footage of the incident and say they are hunting two men

00:44and that a rifle was used to carry out the shooting.

00:47The family are now receiving support from authorities.

00:50The family are very shaken as you'd expect.

00:53A short time later, police were called to reports of a car fire in South Granville.

01:04There, they found three vehicles alight.

01:08Officers say one of those vehicles was the getaway car and had been stolen.

01:13The two men were later seen on foot on Chiswick Road heading into bushland, but police say

01:18they have so far been unable to locate them.

01:21The stolen vehicle has been taken away for forensic testing.

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