Police have conducted a number of Firearms Prohibition Order searches this morning and are continuing to appeal for community assistance following an attempted shooting murder in the Nepean area earlier this week.
About 2.20pm on Tuesday (16 April 2019), officers from Nepean Police Area Command were called to Valencia Street, Caddens, following reports shots had been fired at a house.
Police were told two masked men ran toward the home and fired a number of shots at the male resident as he arrived home. He was not injured.
The men fled the scene in a stolen black Mercedes A45 coupe, which was located on fire just before 3pm on Friend Street, Merrylands.
A crime scene was established at both locations and examined by specialist forensic officers.
Detectives from Nepean Police Area Command, in partnership with Operation Talon, are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting under Strike Force Geering.
They are being assisted by Strike Force Raptor and officers from across the metropolitan regions.
As part of the police response to the incident – and to suppress further violent acts – a proactive operation was conducted across Sydney from 7am today (Thursday 18 April 2019).
Investigators, with the assistance of the Public Order and Riot Squad, Strike Force Raptor, and South West Metropolitan Region Enforcement Squad, conducted seven FPO searches at Caddens, Cambridge Park, Castlereagh, Emu Plains, Kingswood, Sydney CBD, and Wentworth Point.
Detectives have also released CCTV of one of the men involved in the shooting and are appealing for assistance from the community to identify him.
Further, investigators are seeking dash-cam footage or other vision anyone may have of the Mercedes travelling to or from the shooting on Tuesday.
The vehicle was bearing stolen Victorian plates, with registration AAV765, and is believed to have travelled between Caddens and Merrylands at speed.
Anyone with information that may assist investigators with their inquiries is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence.
