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Six Bullets Hit Kellyville Home in Third Drive-By Shooting

Police have established a Janamba Avenue crime scene after the pre-dawn shooting with investigators examining a burned-out vehicle nearby for its role as a suspected getaway car.

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Overview

  • At 3:10 am on July 7, six rounds struck a Kellyville home but a two-year-old child and two adults inside escaped uninjured.
  • NSW Fire and Rescue crews extinguished a car fire on Gorman Avenue that destroyed the vehicle and is now treated as a suspicious getaway car.
  • This incident is the third residential drive-by shooting in Sydney’s northwest since June 25 and follows attacks on homes in North Kellyville and Concord.
  • Specialist units Taskforce Falcon and Strike Force Arrino are probing links between these shootings and similar attacks in suburbs such as Merrylands and Marsden Park.
  • Authorities have appealed to residents for CCTV footage or other information to support the ongoing forensic investigation.