CORRECTION: For awareness, the age of the boy has been corrected to 12 years old.
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following an investigation into the alleged fatal shooting of a boy in Sydney's north west last month.
About 5pm on Monday 21 September 2026, police were called to a unit on Fairway Drive, Norwest, after reports of a shooting.
Officers attached to The Hills Police Area Command attended and found a 12-year-old boy had sustained a gunshot wound to his face and neck.
He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Nine other people who were in the home at the time of the incident were not injured.
Three men – all aged 18 – were arrested. Two were taken to The Hills Police Station and later released pending further inquiries.
The third man was taken to Riverstone Police Station, where he was charged with conceal serious indictable offence and currently remains before the courts.
About 8pm on Thursday 24 September 2026, police were informed that the boy had died and the investigation was taken over by State Crime Command's Homicide Squad under Strike Force Janilo.
Following extensive inquiries, about 12pm yesterday (Tuesday 13 October 2026) strike force detectives arrested a 19-year-old man – who was an 18-year-old at the time of the incident – at a correctional facility in Silverwater.
He has since been charged with murder.
The 19-year-old man was remanded in custody to appear at Bail Division Local Court 6 today (Wednesday 14 October 2026).
