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Tributes for 'loving father' killed in pub shooting as getaway car found
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Detectives have found the suspected getaway car in the shooting at a pub in Sydney's Inner West as tributes flow for the "devoted husband" and "loving father" killed. Maradona Yalda, 31, and Gilbert Admon Shino, 39, were walking to their car after watching the UFC at the Harold Park Hotel in Forest Lodge on Sunday evening when they were peppered by bullets. Witnesses reported hearing between six to 12 gunshots. Gilbert Admon Shino was killed in a shooting at the Harold Park Hotel in Forest Lodge. (Instagram) Shino was shot and died near the car on Wigram Road, while Yalda was hit in the neck, chest and abdomen while running back to the pub and was found slumped over a garbage bin on Alfred Street. The shooter is believed to have fled in a dark blue Ford Mustang seen driving away from the shooting. A car matching that description was found burnt out at Primrose Avenue in Rydalmere about 10pm yesterday. A crime scene has been established as police investigate whether it is linked to Sunday's shooting. A car believed to be linked to the pub shooting at Forest Lodge was found burnt out. (Nine) A passing doctor and medical students at the pub had tried to help the two friends. Shino died at the scene, while Yalda was rushed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Yalda underwent two surgeries and remains in stable condition at the hospital under police guard. He has links to underworld gangs and has a price on his head. Yalda is believed to be the intended target of the shooting, with Shino only known to police for low-level offending. Shino's wife, Natasha Avakian, has shared a brief but heartfelt statement today. "How am I going to live without you? You were my life," she said on social media. One man has been left dead and another injured after a shooting outside a hotel Forest Lodge. (9News) Tributes have begun to flow for Shino, who is being remembered as a "devoted husband and a loving father" to two girls. "His family was his everything, and he would have moved mountains to make sure they were cared for and loved," a post on crowdfunding page GoFundMe read. "To his friends and family, he was more than just someone we loved—he was the life of the party, always smiling, always lifting others up, and always there when you needed him. "His warmth, kindness, and joy touched every person who had the blessing of knowing him. "He truly was an amazing human being, and his absence leaves a hole in all of our hearts." Forensics police outside Forest Lodge's Harold Park Hotel. (Sitthixay Ditthavong) The gunman remains on the run today. Detectives are not ruling out whether there was an accomplice. Anybody with dashcam footage of the area between 2pm and 7pm on Sunday is urged to come forward. Sydney New South Wales national Australia shootings crime police CONTACT US
Sky News AU
2 hours ago
- Sky News AU
‘Wrong person, wrong time': Forest Lodge shooting leaves beloved father-of-two dead, 'targeted' associate fighting for life
A Sydney man has been remembered as a kind and loving father-of-two after he was gunned down in a public shooting outside The Harold Hotel in Forest Lodge. Emergency services were called to Ross Street following reports of a public shooting where reports of more than 15 shots were fired. Police confirmed 39-year-old Gilbert Shino died at the scene, while his friend, 31-year-old Maradona Yalda, was rushed to hospital in a critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to his legs, neck, and chest. Witnesses described bullets 'flying everywhere,' with hotel staff narrowly avoiding injury. Investigators believe Yalda, who was known to police and had links to Sydney's criminal underworld, was the intended target. The attack came just days after he returned to Australia from time spent abroad in Dubai, Singapore and Bali. He had come back to Sydney to visit his sick grandmother and ignored the life threats he had received in the past with a price on his head set by underworld criminals, according to The Daily Telegraph. Relatives and friends say his friend Shino had no criminal ties, describing him instead as a family man who loved nothing more than spending time with his wife, Natasha Avakian, and their two young daughters, aged nine and seven. 'He was the life of the party, always smiling, always lifting others up,' one relative said on Instagram. Another relative told Sky News, 'Gilbert was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and with the wrong childhood friend.' A GoFundMe page launched by family friend Ashie Michael to support Shino's young family has already raised more than $65,000 from over 120 donations. Ms Michael wrote on the fundraiser website, 'It breaks my heart to be writing this, but our beloved Giby was taken from us far too soon. He was a devoted husband and a loving father… his warmth, kindness, and joy touched every person who had the blessing of knowing him.' Condolences will be received at St Mary's Assyrian Church of the East in Smithfield on Tuesday evening, with a funeral service expected to be held on Thursday, August 21. Police have located a burnt-out car on Monday evening in Rydalmere believed to be linked to the attack. Forensic teams are examining the vehicle as part of the investigation. While detectives are yet to confirm if Shino was deliberately targeted, friends and family maintain he had no involvement in organised crime and was an innocent victim of Sydney's escalating gangland violence.
Perth Now
2 hours ago
- Perth Now
Mum's plea after hot coffee poured on baby
The mother of a baby boy who had hot coffee poured on him has issued a desperate plea for justice nearly a year on from the 'cruel' and 'senseless' act. Luka was just nine months old when a man came up to him while he was having a picnic with his mother at Hanlon Park in Brisbane on August 27, 2024. The man then poured a Thermos of hot coffee on Luka, burning his face and chest. Baby Luka suffered burns to his face and chest after hot coffee was poured on him. Supplied. Credit: Supplied Luka was having a picnic with his mother when the incident occurred. Supplied Credit: NewsWire The alleged attacker is believed to have fled the country, with Luka's mother desperately urging authorities not to let another year go by without getting justice for her boy. 'Almost one year has passed, and while our family continues to live with the trauma of that day, the person responsible has not been held accountable,' she wrote on Instagram. She said Luka had undergone eight surgeries and received synthetic skin grafts, skin needling, and laser treatments for burns, all of which were a 'painful reminder of what was done to him and of the justice that still hasn't come'. Luka had to undergo eight surgeries and received skin grafts following the attack. Supplied. Credit: NewsWire Baby Luka's mother has issued a desperate plea for justice nearly a year after the attack. Instagram Credit: Supplied 'The fact that someone can deliberately hurt a child and face no consequences is beyond unacceptable,' she wrote. 'That reality is as painful today as it was a year ago and is one of the hardest things to live with: knowing that the person who hurt our child walks free. 'Our legal systems and international relationships should protect victims and children, yet they have failed to do so. 'To those in positions of power; please don't make it another year. Do not let this man escape accountability for hurting a child!' She said Luka had shown 'strength far beyond his years' and continued to 'outshine the cruelty he experienced', but he deserved more than praise. 'He deserves justice,' she wrote. Police previously said the alleged attacker fled the country a day before he was identified by Queensland Police. Police said the 33-year-old man travelled by car to NSW on August 28, 2024, before flying out of Sydney Airport on August 31. A warrant was issued for his arrest. NewsWire have contacted Queensland Police for comment.
