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One dead after shooting at shopping centre in Sydney Police investigate fatal shooting at shopping centre in south-west Sydney
(about 2 hours later)
A man has died and two other people have been injured in a shooting at a shopping centre carpark in south-western Sydney, police say. Police are investigating whether a fatal shooting at a western Sydney shopping centre and a recent gunfight at a nearby industrial estate are linked.
Emergency services were called to the Bankstown Central shopping centre – formerly known as Bankstown Centro – on Stacey Street and Rickard Road just before noon where they found two men and a woman injured. A 40-year-old man has died after being critically injured in the shooting outside Bankstown Central shopping centre where two other people were shot in the legs, at about 11.45am on Friday.
One of the men died at the scene, police said. “We’re certainly not ruling out any links – we’re looking at all opportunists and all avenues of investigation,” Superintendent Dave Eardley said, when asked if the incident was linked to a recent shooting at Condell Park.
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The other man and the woman were taken to hospital after being treated at the scene by paramedics. “Certainly there has been a recent shooting in this area, in the Condell Park area, that is subject to Strike Force Admiralty.
Police said no arrests have been made and the centre car park had been closed as a precaution. “Those detectives will be reviewing the incident today to see if they can identify any linkages.”
The dead man, in his 40s, was believed to have links to a crime organisation, News Corp reported. Eardley said it appeared the shooter was not acting alone.
“The indication is that this gunman did not act alone – we had information of a white Mercedes vehicle being used,” he said.
“I can confirm that vehicle has been located burnt out in the Greenacre area.”
Eardley could not confirm reports a man was seen handcuffed near the vehicle earlier on Friday afternoon.
The dead man has not yet been formally identified, and police do not know whether the other two people shot were known to him or innocent bystanders.
No arrests have been made in relation to the shooting.