BREAKING NEWS Horror drive-by shooting rocks residents on quiet Sydney street - as cops discover burnt-out car
A stray bullet has smashed through an innocent homeowner's window after a young man was targeted in a horror drive-by shooting in Sydney 's north.
The 28-year-old man was standing on Wilga Street in Marsfield, when an unknown gunman fired a spray bullets from a car about 1am on Saturday.
The man was uninjured, but residents almost one kilometre away reported a bullet smashing through a window of their house on Ruse Street in North Ryde.
There were no injuries and the bullet landed on the ground.
About 20 minutes later, police were called to a massive car fire in Girraween.
Officers rushed to Mardi Street and found a black sedan completely ablaze.
Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze.
NSW Police believe the two incidents are connected.
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