Raptor Squad have commenced Strike Force Halesowen to investigate a recent spate of public place shootings and arson attacks across Sydney's west, which are being treated as linked.
About 6am on Tuesday 17 February 2025, emergency services were called to Macquarie Street, Greenacre, following reports of a public place shooting.
Officers attached to Bankstown Police Area Command attended and were told a man had been shot outside a home by the occupants of an SUV before it drove away.
The man - aged 44 - was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for multiple gunshot wounds before being taken to hospital in a serious condition, where he remains.
A short time later police were called to Samuel Street, Wiley Park, following reports of a car fire. Police attended and found an SUV well alight.
The fire was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW and the car was seized for forensic examination.
About 12.45am today (Wednesday 18 February 2026), officers attached to Nepean Police Area Command responded to reports of shots fired at a house on Menzies Circuit, St Clair. An woman aged in her 50s was home at the time, but not injured.
A short time later, emergency services were called to a car fire on Freeman Street, Colyton. Police attended along with Fire and Rescue NSW who extinguished the blaze.
A crime scene was established, and the car was seized for forensic examination.
About 6.05am today (Wednesday 18 February 2026), emergency services were called to Hunt Street, Guildford West, following reports of a fire.
Officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command attended and located a house and nearby vehicle alight. Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished both blazes and no injuries were reported.
In each incident, local police commenced initial inquiries before the matters have been handed to State Crime Command's Raptor Squad under Strike Force Halesowen.
Strike force detectives are treating all incidents as linked to a conflict between two Organised Criminal Networks.
As inquiries into the incidents continue, police are urging anyone with information to come forward.
Anyone with information that may assist investigations into organised criminal activity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
