Overview

• Artemios Mintzas, 60, faces 18 counts of shooting with intent to murder among 25 charges and was refused bail at Burwood Courthouse.
• Police say roughly 50 shots were fired from a unit above a business on Georges River Road between about 7:45pm and 9:30pm.
• Sixteen people were treated at the scene for mostly minor injuries from shattered glass, and one man underwent surgery for gunshot wounds but is expected to recover.
• Tactical officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect before arresting him and seizing firearms, including a high‑calibre/.30‑calibre rifle.
• Investigators report no links to terrorism or organised crime and continue forensic examinations as they seek to determine a motive.