Macquarie Fields, Sydney: Bullet is fired into a classroom window

Bullet is fired into a suburban classroom window in middle of a school day

  • Bullet fired into school classroom window
  • There have been no reports of injuries 

A school community is in shock after a bullet was fired through a window into classroom in Sydney’s south-west.

Year one and two students were in a class when the bullet smashed a window after hitting a blind or curtain.  

Police were called to the public school on Fields Rd in Macquarie Fields about 12.45pm on Tuesday after reports a window was shattered by a projectile. 

A crime scene was established and the room was searched, revealing a small calibre bullet which will be forensically examined by specialist police.

There have been no reports of injuries to either students or staff and the school was not placed into lockdown. 

A bullet was fired into a window at Macquarie Fields Public School in Sydney’s west

Detectives are investigating and anyone with information is asked to contact police

Detectives are investigating and anyone with information is asked to contact police 

On Tuesday afternoon NSW police told media the act was ‘reckless’ but not ‘a targeted attack’.

‘This was not a targeted act towards a school,’ Superintendent Grant Healy said.

‘It’s a totally reckless act for someone who is acting in a way with a firearm that is very dangerous to the community.

‘A reckless act is when you are playing with something and you don’t think about the consequences.’

He said indications are the bullet was fired from ‘some distance away’ and a police ballistics team is trying to establish what it was fired from. 

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police.

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