a day ago
Three injured in shooting near Western Sydney train station
A crime scene has been established at South Parade in Auburn, Sydney.
Photo:
ABC News
Three people have been shot near a Western Sydney train station.
Police are on the scene at South Parade, near Auburn station, after reports of shots being fired about 1.15pm on Monday.
NSW Ambulance paramedics are treating three people for gunshots wounds, NSW Police said in a statement.
South Parade and surrounding streets have been closed as police set up a crime scene.
One nearby business owner said they heard "multiple loud gunshots" and saw a "masked man".
Another local business owner, Ashim Shresdha, was working in his nearby store when he heard the gunshots ring out.
"I heard five gunshots noise and then after about five seconds, another two shots," he recalled.
Shresdha said he saw two gunmen wearing black balaclavas leave and get into a black Audi before speeding away.
"We saw two guys running across the road to where their car was parked at the bus stop. I saw one guy masked with a gun in his hand," he said.
"After about 10 seconds another guy ran out to him, and they left."
He believed the victims were inside a local kebab store.
NSW Premier Chris Minns called the daylight shooting "brazen".
"This is shockingly brazen, and NSW Police Force investigators are already hunting down those responsible," Minns said.
"We don't stand for it, and NSW Police doesn't stand for it.
"The NSW Police Force has levelled charges in relation to 20 of the 25 organised crime murders since 2021, and they're not done yet.
"People committing this kind of violence can expect to be arrested, charged, and to spend years inside small jail cells."
Less than three weeks ago, Police Minister Yasmin Catley announced the formation of Taskforce Falcon - a new strike force targeting a recent spate of underworld shootings.
On Monday afternoon she described the events in Auburn as "horrifying".
"Multiple people have been injured in this public place shooting. Our thoughts are with them and their loved ones.
"This kind of violence has no place in our community. It's horrifying, it's unacceptable and it shakes the sense of safety we all deserve."
- ABC
