Two men are charged with murder three months after a grandmother was fatally gunned down outside her house in horror drive-by shooting
Kim Duncan, 65, died in April after three gunmen allegedly peppered her southwest Sydney home with bullets and drove off.
Jesse Evans, 34, and Manase Fakahau, 19, were charged with her murder on Wednesday and hauled before Bankstown Local Court.
Police allege three men arrived at a house on Dickens Road, Ambarvale, on April 14, got out of their car and started shooting at the home.
The alleged gunmen then climbed back into a dark-coloured sedan and fled.
Ms Duncan was in the front living room when she was shot in the leg and died at the scene.
Her son, James Shaine Dowd, 34, and a 21-year-old woman were also home at the time, but were uninjured.
The family residing at the address were known to police, and officers allege Ms Duncan was not the intended target.
'It's abhorrent, somebody coming up to a house and putting shots off is totally reckless and the consequences are catastrophic,' NSW Police Superintendent Grant Healey told reporters at the time.
Police had been investigating the family who had only lived in the home for less than two months before the shooting.
'Initially they were [cooperating with police], but at this point in time we're trying to work with them to get some more information,' Supt Healey said.
'We don't know the intent or the reason why [the shots] were fired at the house.'
About 4am on Wednesday, officers descend on homes in Atkinson Street, Liverpool, and Sudbury Street, Belmore.
'It was the person that resided at the house, she was shot at, and we believe the people that were involved had a grudge, an argument, or a beef with somebody who lived in that location,' Supt Healey said on Wednesday.
He said both men were known to police, one more extensively than the other.
Police previously arrested Ms Duncan's son, Mr Dowd, in Ambarvale and another male, aged 32.
Police were called to a home in Ambarvale, southwest Sydney, on April 14 following reports shots had been fired at a home (above, Mr Dowd distraught outside the home at the time)
The men assisted police and were released without charge. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest either man was involved in the shooting.
Detectives are still on the hunt for a third person they believe to have been involved in the alleged shooting.
Anyone with information that could assist Strike Force Apslawn detectives has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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