Sydney police investigate second possible mistaken identity killing in two days
Wednesday's fatal shooting of a man in his 40s comes after a university student was gunned down on Tuesday.
Sydney police are investigating a potential mistaken identity killing for the second time in two days. On Wednesday afternoon, a man in his 40s was shot and killed outside his home in Merrylands West. A day earlier, a university student in his 20s was shot and died during a home invasion in Glen Alpine. Police believe that in both cases, there was a tragic possibility of targeting the "wrong person."
The residents of the Merrylands West home are known associates of organised crime, but the victim had no known links to such groups, though he may have associated with someone who lived there. Detective Superintendent Simon Glasser stated that the victim was likely a business associate. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon described the Tuesday murder as "completely unacceptable" and vowed to not tolerate any innocent community member being impacted by organised crime.
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