Organised crime links suspected in Sydney inner-city pub shooting
Officers were called to The Harold hotel on Ross Street in Forest Lodge on Sunday night, following reports of a shooting.
The victims were alleged to have been making their way to their car, but as they got closer to the vehicle, they were ambushed and met with a spray of bullets. Police believe it was a targeted shooting.
One shot narrowly missed a female staff member, hitting the window of the pub.
Paramedics treated the two men at the scene, but one, a 39-year-old, was unable to be saved.
Police said the other man, 31, allegedly had a background in organised crime, and was treated for gunshot wounds and taken to the hospital in a serious condition.
He was not only assisted by paramedics, but medical students and a local doctor who were nearby the pub at the time.
The search for suspects continues as police look for a dark coloured vehicle.
Authorities have called on the public to provide any dash cam footage around the area at the time of the shooting, or any information about the attack.
Large sections of Wigram Road and Ross Street remained sealed off by police tape on Monday morning, with roadblocks causing traffic disruption across Glebe, Forest Lodge and Annandale.
Buses on routes 433 and 469 were being diverted around the scene.
Crime scene investigators laid out markers where bullet casings lay scattered across footpaths opposite The Harold.
One local resident, who did not want to be identified, confirmed there were 12 to 15 gunshots.
"At first I thought it might be fireworks, but then there was a second burst, and it was clear then they were gunshots," she said.
NSW Premier Chris Minns described the shooting as a violent criminal act in a suburban pub.
"It's deplorable, it's disgusting, it's the kind of thing that you don't expect to see in a reasonably safe city like Sydney," he said on Monday morning.
Mr Minns said while he could not promise an end to the violence, he could guarantee a comprehensive police response.
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