Five charged over Sydney shooting

Updated April 08, 2012 19:47:56

Sydney police have charged five teenagers over a shooting in Sydney’s west this morning, one of three incidents of gun violence in Sydney over the weekend.

It is alleged the men were involved in an altercation that saw a man shot in the leg at a house party in Pendle Hill just after midnight.

Police were called to crime scene and five men were arrested a short time later when a vehicle was stopped in Clyde Street.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and causing danger with firearm.

Another 19-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences, including accessory after fact.

The three other men, aged 17, 18, and 19, have been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm in company.

Investigations are continuing into the incident, and the men will face court tomorrow.

In a separate incident, officers were called to a suspected drive-by shooting at Auburn after witnesses reported hearing gunshots last night.

Police arrived at a house but could not find anyone involved in the shooting, but were alerted when a man admitted himself to Auburn Hospital with a gunshot wound to the ankle.

And on Friday night a 24-year-old man presented himself at Westmead hospital with a number of gunshot wounds to his legs.

It is believed he had an argument with another man on a street at Merrylands before he was shot repeatedly.

In the wake of the latest shootings the NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has called for extra police resources to deal with the violence.

Mr Robertson says the shootings will not stop until police numbers increase, but Police Minister Mike Gallacher says the problem is that investigating police are being met with a wall of silence.

And Assistant Police Commissioner Frank Mennilli has agreed, saying resourcing will not have an impact on the shootings.

“You could have a police officer on every corner and you’re not going to prevent it,” he said.

“The only way we can prevent it is to get people to come forward and provide police with the information that we require to arrest these people and take these guns off the streets.”

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First posted April 08, 2012 18:52:41

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