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Gun attack alarms western Sydney with a second drive-by shooting in less than two days.

newsfinale.com 2024/5/17
Second drive-by shooting within 48 hours rattles western Sydney

Police are investigating a second drive-by shooting in Sydney within as many days.

Emergency crews rushed to Briggs Place at St Helens Park, about 7.15pm yesterday over reports of shots being fired into a house.

The house and a car had been hit, but three people inside the home were found to be uninjured.

Shots were fired into this home in south-west Sydney yesterday. (Nine)

A dark-coloured Audi sedan was spotted leaving the scene.

Police set up a crime scene and are continuing investigations today.

The shooting came after a Western Sydney family home was hit by bullets on Tuesday night in what police say was a drive-by shooting.

Officers said several shots had been fired from a light-coloured car at the house on Myall Street, Merrylands.

No injuries were reported.

A car was hit by bullets during the drive-by shooting in south-west Sydney yesterday. (Nine)

NSW Police Acting Commissioner Darren Beech said the shooting was a suspected gangland hit on the wrong house.

Anybody with information about the shootings should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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