Man shot in Sydney home invasion, police seize getaway car

Three men who police believe are behind a home invasion and shooting in Sydney’s west were forced to flee on foot after police stopped them reaching their getaway vehicle.

CCTV footage from a nearby street, obtained by Nine News, appears to show the men running from the scene of the attack in Penrith, during which a 26-year-old man was shot in the leg.

Emergency services were called to Stafford Street about 11.45pm on Sunday, with the shooting victim taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious but stable condition. Five paramedic units attended the shooting including three intensive care teams.

The incident is believed to be a targeted attack, with a person in the home “known to police”, but not the man who has been shot.

NSW Police Superintendent Trent King said an SUV found near the scene has been seized for forensic examination.

“Police are very confident that it is linked to this offence,” he said.

“We actually intercepted them trying to get back to their SUV, and as a result, they’ve run away on foot.”

Investigators have appealed for dashcam footage from the area.

The shooting is the latest in a spate of gun violence across Sydney.

At least a dozen shots were fired into a home at Macquarie Fields on November 5.

Another man in his 20s was shot in the leg at Greenacre on November 12.

Up to 40 shots were fired into a home at Casula in Sydney’s south-west on November 15.

Three shootings in four hours on Wednesday night targeted homes and businesses, with one elderly couple’s Bossley Park home being shot again 48 hours later.

Vision later emerged online of a gunman allegedly opening fire on the home on Friday morning. The automatic weapon allegedly used in the shooting was later found in an Audi crashed near the scene.

A 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged and remain before the courts.

Former detective Luke Taylor told Nine’s Today program on Monday the spate of shootings across Sydney could be linked to an emerging “power vacuum” as influential organised crime groups split.

“Other gangs, people who were once affiliated with these gangs, splintering off and trying to become top dog in the gang scene in Sydney.

“With that, comes an increase in violence,” Taylor said.

On Friday, Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said gun violence in the city’s west was “definitely not out of hand”.

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

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