Second Fatal Shooting Could Be Mistaken Identity - ABC Listen
Homicide detectives say the latest victim had no known crime ties as police examine whether two killings in two days were mistaken identity.
- A man in his 40s was fatally shot outside a home in Merrylands West on Wednesday afternoon; New South Wales Police are investigating whether the incident was a case of mistaken identity.
- The shooting occurred within 48 hours of 23-year-old university student Marco Tapia being shot dead during a home invasion in Glen Alpine, prompting investigators to examine links between both cases and ongoing criminal feuds in Sydney.
- Superintendent Simon Glasser stated the victim had no criminal ties, though residents at the property were linked to organised crime; CCTV footage captured a grey Audi sedan departing shortly after the shooting.
- NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon called Tapia's death an "innocent life" lost to organised crime, while The New South Wales Police stated they are "working around the clock to address these issues."
- An organised crime figure posted on social media that they "popped the wrong person, didn't even get the right house," echoing a pattern seen earlier this year when Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian was kidnapped and killed in a suspected mistaken identity case.
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Second fatal shooting could be mistaken identity - ABC listen
Sydney Police are investigating whether a fatal shooting of a man in his 40's in the city's west is another case of mistaken identity. It could be the second such case this week, after a man in his 20's was shot dead early Tuesday morning.
Sydney Morning Herald
Police investigate fatal shooting in Sydney
Police are not ruling out a case of mistaken identity in a deadly Sydney shooting.
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