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A 15-year-old boy was allegedly recruited by Sydney’s warring gangland and carried out shootings on two separate Sydney homes, with bullets narrowly missing women and children lying in their beds.
In the early hours of Saturday, March 22, a semi-automatic rifle rattled off almost 30 shots into a home on Crossland Street in Merrylands. A woman was inside the home with her four children, aged between six months and five years.
The bullets travelled through the bedrooms and bedheads, with one missing a five-year-old boy by just 20 centimetres.
A threatening note was left at the scene, with police believing it was intended for members of an organised crime gang. But the family inside were innocents, with investigators soon confirming the home was once occupied by people linked to one of Sydney’s gangs.
A Nissan X-Trail, stolen last September, was then found burned out in South Granville and linked to the shooting.
Three weeks later, just after 2am on April 16, 15 shots from a handgun were fired into a granny flat on Faulds Road in Guildford West.
The woman inside, 26, who has a relationship with a member of a gang, was uninjured.
A Hyundai Tucson was later found burned out on Birmingham Avenue in Villawood.
Mobile footage shows the fire on Chiswick Road, South Granville in March.Credit: Nine News
Taskforce Falcon, established after a spate of public shootings involving members of the city’s feuding underworld, took over the investigation into the two attacks.
Falcon’s investigators zeroed in and allegedly discovered a 15-year-old boy was the gunmen at both shootings.
A second 15-year-old boy also played a role in the Merrylands attack, police further claim.
Just after midnight, heavily armed police caught the boy in Condell Park and took him to Bankstown station where he was charged with two counts of firing a gun at a home as part of organised crime.
Bullet holes at the Merrylands home targeted in the shooting.Credit: Nine News
He was also charged with four counts of damaging property with fire, participating in a criminal group and driving a stolen car.
The boy was on bail at the time, and was charged with a breach.
The second 15-year-old was charged on Wednesday morning with similar offences.
The scene of the burnt-out car at Chiswick Road, South Granville, in March.Credit: Archie Staines
“This isn’t a game. Your actions are putting the lives of others at risk,” Falcon commander Jason Box said.
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“The outcome for you committing these serious acts of violence will be losing your freedom, your future and potentially your life.
“If you are involved with the organised criminal networks, come forward now before it is too late for you to do so.”
Both will appear in children’s court on Wednesday.
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