The “very brutal and distressing” shooting of a young plumber in his driveway has all the hallmarks of a targeted hit, New South Wales police say.
Two people are on the run after the shooting in Condell Park, in Sydney’s south-west, on Monday night, that left the 23-year-old man dead.
CCTV shows the victim returning home about 10.30pm and backing his car into the driveway before another car pulls up and parks him in.
A man holding what is believed to be a Glock pistol exited the second vehicle from the rear driver’s side door and fired up to 10 bullets at the man.
At least four hit the victim, according to a NSW police superintendent, Rodney Hart.
“He slumped to the ground at the front of his home and the offender returned to the hatchback,” Hart said. “We believe this is … extremely brutal and violent execution-style murder is a targeted attack.”
About 20 minutes later police found a car that had been set on fire in nearby Fairfield East, with a Glock pistol inside.
The victim and his family were not known to police and there were no known links to organised crime, Hart said.
“We believe he is a plumber and possibly working in his father’s business,” he said. “We need to look at who he is involved with, who he knows and what he did leading up to this brutal attack.
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“This has all the hallmarks of a targeted, brutal hit, so that is what we are treating it as.”
Police believe the victim lived at home with his parents, along with adult sisters.
Detectives are asking for anyone with information, including CCTV, to contact Crime Stoppers.
