A man has been shot dead in suburbia before the suspected getaway car was found burnt out 3km away.
Emergency responders were called to Sutherland Street, Canley Heights in Sydney’s west at about 6.50 on Sunday night following reports shots had been fired.
Paramedics treated the man, thought to be in his 30s, for gunshot wounds at the scene but he was unable to be revived.
A car was found well alight in the nearby suburb of Wakeley a short time later.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews extinguished the blaze.
The suspected gunman remains on the run.
A man was shot dead in suburban Sydney on Sunday. The scene of the shooting is pictured
The suspected getaway car (pictured) was later found burnt out 3km away in another suburb
Paramedics (pictured) treated the man, thought to be in his 30s, for gunshot wounds at the scene but he was unable to be revived
Police have received no other reports of injury.
Officers from Fairfield City Police Area Command attended and established a crime scene, which will be forensically examined.
Investigations into the incidents – which are believed to be linked – are underway by officers from Fairfield assisted by State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
More to come.
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