100 shootings in NSW this year

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100 SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR 144 shootings since Barry O'Farrell was elected 1. September 6 at 10:10pm a man presented to Auburn Hospital suffering a gunshot wound to his leg. 2. September 1 man shot at bikie club house in Huskisson, two others with serious head injuries. 3. September 1 21 year old wounded in foot on Orchard Street, Busby while walking with family 4. August 30 two men shot while parked on a South Wentworthville Street. Both die of their injuries in hospital. 5. August 28 15 year old boy presents at Auburn Hospital with gunshot wounds 6. August 22 Five shots fired at home in Greenacre 7. August 19 Numerous shots fired into a house at Russell Lea, holes blown into front window. 8. August 15 Man shot in leg at home in Bossley Park 9. August 15 Man and woman receive gunshot wounds after incident in Auburn 10. August 14 Man presents to hospital with gunshot wound to the leg after claiming he was shot at while walking down a street in Sefton 11. August 14 Shots fired at home in Restwell Street, Bankstown 12. August 13 Six shots fired at home in Roselands with five people inside 13. August 13 Three shots fired into air outside Punchbowl café at 2.20pm in the afternoon 14. August 9 Shots fired into front door of unit on The Esplanade, Guildford 15. July 28 - Bullets fired into home on Chapman Street, Penrith 16. July 27 - Bullets fired into car at Casula at 6.15am, residents woken by gunfire 17. July 26 - Bullets fired at house in Dulwich Hill, two men, a woman and two children aged under ten sleeping inside 18. July 22 - Bullets fired at house in Shannon Street, Greenacre 19. July 22 - High-ranking member of Maitland Gladiators motorcycle club shot multiple times in chest and stomach 20. July 21 - Mother of three hit when three homes fired upon in Broughton Street, Old Guildford 21. July 18 - Shots fired from a car in Hurstville 22. July 18 - Man shot in the knee at Eastlakes 23. July 15 - A man, believed to be associated with an outlaw motorcycle gang, presented to Tweeds Head hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen 24. July 13 Shots fired on Harris Street, Parramatta following incident outside a hotel. As well as one man firing shots into the air, another man was also seen holding a sword 25. July 12 25 shots fired into home at Pomo Close, Greenfield Park 26. July 10 Shot fired into home at Aldebaran Street, Cranebrook 27. July 8 Shots fired into home at Fallon St, Rydalmere 28. July 8 Shots fired into home at Hilltop Road, Merrylands 29. July 7 - Man shot in abdomen and arm at Station Road, Auburn 30. July 3 - Body of man killed in execution-style shooting found in park in Lansdowne 31. July 2 - Man shot in home at Revesby 32. June 30 - Man shot in home in Mount Druitt 33. June 24 - Four bullets fired at home in Catherine Street, Punchbowl 34. June 19 - Bullets fired at home in Hurstville 35. June 16 Two men shot in Barber Avenue, Eastlakes 36. June 15 Shots fired at car in Devlin Street, Ashcroft 37. June 8 Bossley Park man presents at St Vincent's Hospital with a gunshot wound, claiming he was shot while walking down a street in Bondi 38. June 1 Fifteen shots fired at home on Sulman Street, Doonside. 39. May 27 A number of shots were fired through the front window of a house on Nelson St, Barnsley (Lake Macquarie) at about 8:45pm. Three men and two women were inside the house at the time of the shooting but no one was harmed.

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Today marks 100 shootings in 2012 alone, or 144 since Barry O'Farrell was elected.

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100 SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR

144 shootings since Barry O'Farrell was elected

1. September 6 – at 10:10pm a man presented to Auburn Hospital suffering a gunshot wound to his leg.

2. September 1 – man shot at bikie club house in Huskisson, two others with serious head injuries.

3. September 1 – 21 year old wounded in foot on Orchard Street, Busby while walking with family

4. August 30 – two men shot while parked on a South Wentworthville Street. Both die of their injuries in hospital.

5. August 28 – 15 year old boy presents at Auburn Hospital with gunshot wounds 6. August 22 – Five shots fired at home in Greenacre 7. August 19 – Numerous shots fired into a house at Russell Lea, holes blown into front

window. 8. August 15 – Man shot in leg at home in Bossley Park 9. August 15 – Man and woman receive gunshot wounds after incident in Auburn 10. August 14 – Man presents to hospital with gunshot wound to the leg after claiming he was

shot at while walking down a street in Sefton 11. August 14 – Shots fired at home in Restwell Street, Bankstown 12. August 13 – Six shots fired at home in Roselands with five people inside 13. August 13 – Three shots fired into air outside Punchbowl café at 2.20pm in the afternoon 14. August 9 – Shots fired into front door of unit on The Esplanade, Guildford 15. July 28 - Bullets fired into home on Chapman Street, Penrith 16. July 27 - Bullets fired into car at Casula at 6.15am, residents woken by gunfire 17. July 26 - Bullets fired at house in Dulwich Hill, two men, a woman and two children aged

under ten sleeping inside 18. July 22 - Bullets fired at house in Shannon Street, Greenacre 19. July 22 - High-ranking member of Maitland Gladiators motorcycle club shot multiple times

in chest and stomach 20. July 21 - Mother of three hit when three homes fired upon in Broughton Street, Old

Guildford 21. July 18 - Shots fired from a car in Hurstville 22. July 18 - Man shot in the knee at Eastlakes 23. July 15 - A man, believed to be associated with an outlaw motorcycle gang, presented to

Tweeds Head hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen 24. July 13 – Shots fired on Harris Street, Parramatta following incident outside a hotel. As

well as one man firing shots into the air, another man was also seen holding a sword 25. July 12 – 25 shots fired into home at Pomo Close, Greenfield Park 26. July 10 – Shot fired into home at Aldebaran Street, Cranebrook 27. July 8 – Shots fired into home at Fallon St, Rydalmere 28. July 8 – Shots fired into home at Hilltop Road, Merrylands 29. July 7 - Man shot in abdomen and arm at Station Road, Auburn 30. July 3 - Body of man killed in execution-style shooting found in park in Lansdowne 31. July 2 - Man shot in home at Revesby 32. June 30 - Man shot in home in Mount Druitt 33. June 24 - Four bullets fired at home in Catherine Street, Punchbowl 34. June 19 - Bullets fired at home in Hurstville 35. June 16 – Two men shot in Barber Avenue, Eastlakes 36. June 15 – Shots fired at car in Devlin Street, Ashcroft 37. June 8 – Bossley Park man presents at St Vincent's Hospital with a gunshot wound,

claiming he was shot while walking down a street in Bondi

38. June 1 – Fif t een sho t s f ired at hom e on Sulm an St reet , Doonside. 39. May 27 – A number of shots were fired through the front window of a house on Nelson St,

Barnsley (Lake Macquarie) at about 8:45pm. Three men and two women were inside the house at the time of the shooting but no one was harmed.

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40. May 25 – Shots were reportedly fired into a house in Lehn Road, East Hills sometime on Thursday evening or Friday morning.

41. May 25 – At 11:30pm a number of shots were fired into a house on Bransgrove Road, Revesby. Two female occupants were home at the time, but were uninjured.

42. May 22 – At 9:10pm a 53 year old man fired a shot from a rifle that hit a bus travelling along Victoria Road, Rozelle.

43. May 19 – At approximately 2:45pm, police attended a home on Zillah St, Merrylands were a 34 year old man had been shot. He had gunshot wounds to his chest and thigh.

44. May 18 – Man, aged in his 20s, presents at Royal North Shore Hospital with two gunshot wounds

45. May 10 – Man presents at Canterbury Hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot 46. May 10 – Shot fired into home in Bunya Road, Bidwill 47. May 7 – Shots fired at home in Harden Street, Canley Heights 48. May 6 – Shots fired at home in Parklea Drive, Canley Heights 49. April 23 – Shots fired at unit in Oxford Street, Merrylands 50. April 21 – Man killed in drive by shooting at corner of Bell and Schofield Streets,

Riverwood 51. April 20 - Shots fired into home in Ashburn Close, Bella Vista 52. April 20 – shots fired into home in Greensborough Avenue, Rouse Hill 53. April 17 – shots fired into home on Grimwood Street, Granville. 54. April 17 - shots fired into a tattoo parlour on Pitt Street, Merrylands. 55. April 17 - shots fired into a home on Harris Street, Merrylands with two elderly residents

inside. 56. April 17 - shots fired into a home on Centenary Avenue, Northmead with five children

inside. 57. April 17 – shots fired into tattoo parlour on Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills. 58. April 15 - 24 year old man presented at Concord Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Officers have been told a person in a white sedan shot the man. 59. April 14 - Shots fired at a home and car in Pemulwuy. 60. April 14 – man fatally shot in Berkley 61. April 14 – shots fired at home in Chiswick Street, Greenacre. 62. April 11 - 20-year-old male shot in leg at Rosehill 63. April 10 - man shot in abdomen at Guildford in broad daylight 64. April 9 – Man shot in shoulder in packed Bada Bing nightclub in Kings Cross. 65. April 9 - 17-year-old boy shot in leg at Mt Druitt 66. April 8 – Man shot in leg in Arnett St, Pendle Hill. Five men arrested. 67. April 7 - Shortly after 11.30pm police called to Rickard Road, Auburn, following reports a

man had been shot. Officers were unable to locate any injured person, however a short time later, a man presented at Auburn Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

68. April 6 – Police called to Patten Avenue, Merrylands, after reports of gun shots at 5.20pm. Police attended and located a couple of casings. A crime scene was established. Later, a 24-year-old man reported to Westmead Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to his leg.

69. April 4 - Single shot fired into a home at Norton Place, Minto, but no one was home at the time. Approximately 5pm. Police arrested two men in relation to April 4 shootings, but neither charged with shooting offences.

70. April 4 – Bullet damaged a vehicle outside a house on Chester Rd, Ingleburn at approximately 1pm.

71. April 2 - man lucky to escape death after he was shot in the neck while answering the front door at his Merrylands home, with two innocent children inside. Bullet grazed his neck.

72. April 1 – man shot in leg in vicinity of Fraser Street, Auburn 73. March 28 – Bullets sprayed into a premises in Clyde, five casings found 74. March 13 – Sleeping family lucky to escape injury after bullets were fired into their Bexley

home 75. March 8 - Shots fired at a tattoo parlour in Burwood 76. March 6 - Shots fired at a tattoo parlour at Baulkham Hills 77. March 3 - Shots fired at BMW parked outside a property on Little Road, Bankstown, while

the driver visited friends 78. February 20 – five bullet casings found at Panania.

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79. February 19 - The spate of shootings plaguing Sydney has continued overnight with several shots fired on a suburban street in Busby – the 64

th shooting since Barry O’Farrell

became Premier. 80. February 14 – Bullet struck house in Bennelong St, Granville at 11:30am. The 67 year old

occupant was home but uninjured. 81. February 6 – Police called to a house in Christian Rd, Punchbowl at 12:45am after a man

was shot in the leg three times 82. February 5 - Shots fired at a home in Melville Street, St Clair in the early hours of the

morning 83. February 1 – Police report at least one shot was fired at Lurnea Public School, between

January 30 and February 1. 84. January 29 – Police called to Denman Ave, Wiley Park and established crime scene after

casings found 85. January 26 – Shots fired into a tanning salon on the Princes Highway in Rockdale 86. January 26 – 24-year-old man shot twice in the leg at Bolton Street, Guildford 87. January 26 – Man in Auburn Hospital with a gunshot wound in back, refuses to make

statement to police 88. January 17 – Four shots fired into house on Coleridge Road, Wetherill Park. 89. January 15 – Several cartridges found on the street after shots fired on Pelman Avenue,

Greenacre. 90. January 13 – Three bullet holes found in front windows of a house on Alan Street,

Yagoona. 91. January 12 – Bullet casings found in Chalmers Street, Lakemba after shots fired. 92. January 12 – Shots fired at a house on Larra Street, Yennora, while a 40-year-old woman

and her two daughters, aged 16 and 9, were inside. 93. January 12 – Shots fired at a house on Weigand Avenue, Bankstown at 12.30am, coming

within centimetres of a child's cot. A mother and her four children aged two months to 10-years-old, escaped injury.

94. January 11 - A blue Toyota and a white sedan were involved in a gun battle on Mimosa Road, Greenfield Park about 2.05am.

95. January 9 - Shooting at Marion St, Auburn 96. January 9 – Shooting 10 minutes later in at a house in Sydney's south at Arncliffe, with 15

people inside. 97. January 6 - A man suffered two gunshot wounds at the intersection of Larra Street and

The Promenade, Yennora. 98. January 4 - Lone Wolf bikie, Neal Todorovski, 37, was shot dead outside a Sans Souci

apartment block. 99. January 2 - Shots fired at an empty car parked outside a house on Spurway Street,

Ermington. 100. January 1, 2012 - Matthew Hedges, a 25-year-old father of four, was shot dead in the

chest while two of his children slept beside him at a Chester Hill home 2011

101. December 5 - A father and his teenage son escaped injury after a shot was fired into a house in Mount Pritchard

102. November 26 - Shots fired on Charles Street, Petersham. 103. November 25 - Shots fired at house on Kingarth Street, Busby. 104. November 24 - Shots fired at house on Nash Street, South Penrith. 105. November 24 - Shots fired at business on Cleveland and Walker Streets, Redfern. 106. November 10 - Shots fired at house on Nineveh Crescent, Greenfield Park. 107. November 6 - Shots fired at house on Stevens Street, Ermington 108. November 5 - Shots fired at a home in Merrylands 109. November 3 - At least four bullets struck the bedroom where a woman was sleeping about

12.15am at a townhouse at Northmead. 110. October 30 - Shortly after midnight two houses were hit by bullets at Granville. Both were

occupied at the time but the residents escaped uninjured. 111. October 30 - Only minutes later another house on a nearby street (Granville) was also hit,

with one woman inside the house requiring medical treatment for shock. 112. October 30 - An unoccupied house at Canley Heights was struck just before 1.00am.

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113. October 29 - Just before 10.00pm, three shots fired into a house at Holroyd. Five people including a child were home at the time but no-one was injured.

114. October 27 - Drive by shooting at an Oporto restaurant in Merrylands 115. October 21 - Man dies after he was shot in the head inside a house in French Street,

Maroubra. 116. October 18 - Shots fired at a house on Walker Street, Turrella. 117. October 3 - Man charged after allegedly shooting at another man on Pickwick Way,

Ambarvale. 118. September 30 - Man charged after an alleged drive-by shooting on Victoria Street, Botany. 119. September 26 - Teenager shot by police in his home in Holmes Street, Colyton, following

reported break-in. 120. September 26 - Man charged with murder following shooting death of man at Bonnyrigg

the day before. 121. September 6 - Shots fired at a house in Revesby in south-west Sydney. 122. September 6 - Shots fired at a unit in Eden Street, Arncliffe. 123. September 5 - Man found in Bursill Street, Guildford, with a shotgun wound to his upper

thigh. 124. August 30 - Up to a dozen shots fired between two cars in Greenacre. 125. August 25 - Bullet holes found in a car on Lackey Street, Merrylands. 126. August 24 - Bullets hit a house on Francis Street, Fairfield. 127. August 22 - Pizza shop hit on Merrylands Road, Merrylands. 128. August 22 - Two men shot in Barcom Street, Merrylands, in domestic dispute. 129. August 23 – Bullets hit a house on Lachlan Street, Bossley Park. 130. August 21 – Bullets hit a house on Eddy Street, Merrylands West. 131. August 20 – Bullets hit a hairdressing salon on Harris Street, Fairfield. 132. August 19 – Bullets hit a house on Mallacoota Street, Wakeley, near Fairfield. 133. June 30th - Shots fired at a house in Merrylands 134. June 30th - Shots fired at John Ibrahim's Dover Heights home 135. June (date unspecified - Two other shootings took place at John Ibrahim's Dover Heights

home.) 136. June 20 - Gunmen opened fire on a cash van near Sydney airport. 137. May 9th - 8:20pm Drive by shooting, Seven shots fired at the Ibrahim family home (John

Ibrahim's parents) Merrylands 138. May 9th - Nine bullets fired into a house on Eddy St Merrylands. 139. April 15 – Two men shot in Penkivil St, Bondi 140. April 6 – Man shot dead on front lawn of home in Nepean Towers Avenue, Glen Alpine 141. April 5 - Six shots fired at a house on Hargreave Rd, near Auburn Hospital. Five adults and

two children in the home where uninjured. 142. March 31 – Man shot in the chest, neck and head at his front door at Siena Close,

Prestons 143. March 28 – Fatal shooting at Tattoo Parlour owned by Bandidos member in West Ryde 144. March 27 - a 19 year old shot while opening the front door in Western Sydney