Two charged over shooting on innocent elderly couple’s Sydney home

A 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged over a drive-by shooting on a home belonging to an innocent elderly couple in Sydney’s south-west, which was filmed and posted online.

Chilling footage captured the moment a gunman opened fire on the Bossley Park home before fleeing the scene in a white Audi that was crashed and abandoned two blocks from the address.

A volley of shots was fired into the house on Aberdeen Street about 6.30am on Friday, sparking a substantial manhunt into the afternoon. No one was injured in the shooting.

Friday morning’s shooting was the second time the property had been targeted in 48 hours. A single bullet hit a caravan outside the home in one of three shootings on Wednesday night.

A video shared online captures the Audi driver shouting “say hello to my little friend”, invoking a line popularised by Al Pacino in Scarface, as the gunman opens fire through the rear passenger seat window.

They both exclaim as nearly two dozen shots ring out in the suburban street, with bullet casings flying through the vehicle before the gunman urges the driver to speed away.

The vehicle crashed at the nearby intersection of Mimosa Road and Prairie Vale Road on Friday morning, and the driver and gunman fled on foot.

After searching the Audi, police seized the automatic firearm, which will now be forensically examined.

On Friday afternoon, investigators arrested a 22-year-old man at a home in Woodville Road, Fairfield East, and seized a shortened calibre rifle, ammunition and mobile phones.

Manyang Manyang was taken to Cabramatta Police Station and charged with firing at the home and participating in a criminal group.

He was refused bail to appear in court on Saturday, where he did not apply for bail. He will appear at Parramatta Local Court in January.

Investigators also picked up a 16-year-old boy during a vehicle stop in Leppington on Friday night.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with firing into the home, participating in a criminal group and being a passenger in a stolen car.

He was refused bail to appear in the Children’s Court on Saturday.

Detective Superintendent Craig Middleton said the elderly couple living in the home are innocent and law-abiding citizens, and have been left “very upset and traumatised” by the two attacks.

“They’ve lived there the majority of their lives with their grandson, and this is obviously very shocking for them and their community.”

NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said gun violence in the city’s west was “definitely not out of hand”, and that cracking down on organised crime remained a top priority for police.

“We’ve made significant arrests. We will not stand for the type of violence you are seeing there,” he said.

It is unclear if the weapon seized on Friday was used in any of Sydney’s recent shootings.

The second shooting on the Bossley Park home follows three similar incidents in Sydney’s south-west on Wednesday night.

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