Marrickville Road shooting: Two men shot in inner west Sydney
Gangland war erupts in Sydney’s inner west as two men are gunned down in a barber shop, one fights for life and two cars are set on fire nearby – just days after the coke baron’s murder
- Two men shot on Marrickville Road
- Police are investigating whether shooting is related to cars set on fire
Two men have been shot in a saloon in Sydney’s inner west, including a 20-year-old who was seriously injured.
Emergency services were called to Adel’s Salon on Marrickville Road in Marrickville after shots were fired just before 2pm on Friday.
The two men were treated for gunshot wounds by paramedics at the scene before being rushed to hospital.
The 20-year-old is in critical condition, while the other man, 33, is stable, police said.
The younger man was shot in the chest, while the second man was hit in the lower back.
Footage from the scene shows a police officer assisting a shirtless man lying on the parlor floor, while another officer tries to calm another man down.
One of the victims of the Marrickville shooting is seen after two men were shot at on Friday
A blood-soaked towel is discarded on the floor after the Marrickville shooting
Police are investigating whether the shooting is linked to two cars set on fire in Marrickville and Dulwich Hill (pictured in Dulwich Hill)
Footage from the scene shows a police officer speaking to a man in the parlor who then takes off his shirt
Firefighters extinguish a car that caught fire in Marrickville shortly after two men were shot
Emergency services were called to a business on Marrickville Road in Marrickville after shots were fired just before 2pm on Friday
Police are investigating whether the shooting is related to two burning cars in Marrickville and Dulwich Hill.
Firefighters were called to Norwood Lane in Marrickville to find a burning car and managed to put out the blaze before a nearby building was damaged.
A few minutes later it was also reported that a car was on fire on Hercules Street in Dulwich Hill.
A crime scene has been created and will be investigated by specialist forensic investigators.
A blood-soaked towel was also found at the scene as a shirtless man was carried away on a stretcher.
The shooting comes just ten days after drug lord Alen Moradian was shot dead in the front seat of his car in Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Police are seen in Marrickville after two men are shot
Police are seen on Marrickville Road after two men are shot
The 48-year-old was shot shortly before 8:30 a.m. on June 27 in the underground parking garage of an apartment building next to the Holiday Inn on Spring Street.
A burnt-out car was later found 15 minutes’ drive away in James St, Zetland, while the gunman or gunmen have not been located.
More to come
Alen Moradian, 48, (pictured) was on parole for importing 40kg of cocaine when he was shot dead in an Audi in an underground car park near Bondi Junction in eastern Sydney on June 27.