‘Targeted shooting’: Frightening details emerge after 22yo shot dead in car in quiet Winston Hills street

A man has been shot dead inside a car on a quiet suburban street in the second public shooting to rock Sydney in two days. The man was shot in the chest while in a car on Regiment Grove in Winston Hills about 7pm on Tuesday, police said. The wounded 22-year-old stumbled to nearby homes to try to find help but was unresponsive by the time emergency crews arrived. He was treated by paramedics at the scene before being rushed to Westmead Hospital, where he later died. The man is yet to be formally identified. Speaking to media on Wednesday, Superintendent Barry Vincent said police believed the incident was a “targeted shooting” and they had spoken to the victim’s family. “Our victim is a 22-year-old male but we’re yet to formally identify him,” he said. Superintendent Vincent explained that the man was hit with a “single gunshot wound” before he ran to a nearby house. “Following that shooting, the male has run from the car and perhaps was seeking assistance,” he said. “However, I don’t believe that any of the residents were able to provide assistance.” Smears of blood could be seen on the front door of a home where the man is believed to have sought help. Superintendent Vincent said police also believed there was a second person in the car at the time of the shooting who was uninjured. “I understand that the victim was seated in the passenger seat,” he told reporters. A witness told Today that she and her father were walking down the road when they saw a man being loaded onto a stretcher “with a gunshot wound to his chest”. Blue and white tape was stretched out across the Winston Hills cul-de-sac as officers gathered evidence. No arrests have been made. Police believe a car found alight at Old Toongabbie – about a four-minute drive from the Winston Hills scene – is connected to the fatal shooting. The unoccupied Toyota SUV was “well alight” by the time emergency crews arrived, police said The blaze was extinguished and no injuries were reported. It was one of three nearby car fires, with others in Granville and Blackett. Emergency crews were called to Crown St, Granville about 1.45am after reports a Mazda sedan was on fire. “Initial inquiries suggest the fire is suspicious; however, it is not believed to be linked to an earlier public place shooting in Winston Hills,” police told NewsWire. It’s the latest public fatal shooting in Sydney, coming just two days after Gilbert Shino, 39, was shot deadin front of The Harold hotel inForest Lodge. He and another man – identified as Maradona Yalda, 31 – were walking back from the pub at the time of the shooting. Medical students who were inside the pub at the time of the shooting treated both Mr Shino and Mr Yalda at the scene. No arrests have been made in relation to the earlier shooting, with officers investigating whether the two incidents are linked. Speaking to media, Superintendent Vincent said he wanted to “reassure the public” that authorities were working to “prevent shootings” and “bring these persons to court as soon as possible”. “I share (the public’s) concern about any public place shooting,” he said. “Our officers are out seeking to prevent these offences. “I know there (are) already investigations that are ongoing and being targeted by other sections of our organisation, but locally we are out looking for these offenders.”