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Three people are being treated for gunshot wounds after a “shockingly brazen” daylight shooting on a street in Sydney.
Authorities responded to reports of the shooting on South Parade in the western Sydney suburb of Auburn about 1.15pm on Monday.
A 26-year-old man was hit in the arm and shoulder, another yet-to-be-identified male was shot in the face and a 50-year-old female shop employee suffered two torso wounds.
The victims remained in Westmead Hospital on Monday night.
‘Absolutely abhorrent’ and ‘beyond comprehension’
The incident, the latest in spate of public shootings in Sydney, reportedly took place opposite Auburn railway station outside a kebab shop.
Acting NSW Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell said police were “throwing all our possible resources” at the investigation.
“It is beyond comprehension that three people were shot in a crowded Sydney street in broad daylight, and the resources of the NSW police have already been deployed,” he said.
Police are investigating the shooting, which took place outside a kebab shop. Source: AAP / Steven Markham
Roads were closed in the area for several hours after the shooting.
Police Minister Yasmin Catley said some of the best detectives in Australia would work the case as part of Taskforce Falcon, set up in late-May following a series of shootings between warring criminal gangs.
About 100 detectives have joined another 50 officers in the mega task force set up to curb gun violence in the city after eight public shootings in six weeks.
Catley said one of the victims was an innocent woman doing her job.
“All she did was go to work and she has been caught up in this shocking event,” Catley said.
“It’s one thing for criminals to be shooting each other, but when innocent people get caught up in this, it is absolutely abhorrent. And we will not tolerate it.”
Premier Chris Minns described the shooting as “shockingly brazen” and said “NSW Police Force investigators are already hunting down those responsible”.
“People committing this kind of violence can expect to be arrested, charged, and to spend years inside small jail cells,” he said.
