Raptor Squad have charged a man with ‘shooting with intent to murder’ following a public place shooting in Wentworthville last month.
About 7.45pm on Tuesday, February 20, emergency services responded to reports of shots fired into a business on Wentworth Avenue in Wentworthville.
There were no reports of injuries.
A short time later, emergency services were called to Fulton Avenue, Wentworthville, after reports of a white scooter well alight.
Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze before the motorcycle was seized to undergo forensic examination.
Officers attached to Paramatta City Police Area Command established crime scenes at both locations and commenced inquiries before the matter was referred to State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad under Strike Force Berallier.
Following extensive inquiries, just after 12pm on Thursday, March 7, strike force detectives arrested a 19-year-old man at a shopping centre in Bankstown.
The man was taken to Bankstown Police Station and charged with ‘shoot at with intent to murder’ and ‘discharge firearm etc intend cause grievous bodily harm’.
He was refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court today.
Police will allege in court the man was part of a joint criminal enterprise responsible for the shooting.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.