Two men have been critically wounded and a woman is also recovering in hospital after a shooting attack in Sydney’s southwest.
Police were called to Mayvic Street in Greenacre about 2:15 a.m. on Sunday after reports three people—sitting in two parked cars—had been injured.
The trio include a woman, aged 19, who remains in a stable condition in St George Hospital.
Two men, aged 22 and 25, are in critical condition, with wounds to the head and neck.
The younger man is in St George Hospital, while the 25-year-old is in Liverpool Hospital.
Another vehicle was found alight in Amy Street at nearby Regents Park about five minutes after the shootings, police said.
Officers were yet to determine whether the woundings were linked to the car fire, which resulted in flames spreading to a wooden fence and tree.
Fire and Rescue NSW (New South Wales) extinguished the blaze.
Police from Auburn have declared crime scenes and are investigating the incidents with assistance from the State Crime Command.
Superintendent Simon Glasser called the attack “terrible.”
“It’s a very serious offence, people shooting at people,” he told reporters at Greenacre.
“It could have resulted in a death at this stage and it still may. We’re treating it at its highest, we’ve put all of our resources on it.”
Anyone with information about the shootings or who was in either area between 2:00 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. has been urged to come forward.
