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| A man shot dead on a Sydney street is reportedly a member of a well-known underworld family. | A man shot dead on a Sydney street is reportedly a member of a well-known underworld family. |
| Police found the man on an Earlwood footpath as they responded to reports of a shooting about 9.40pm on Monday night. Police said early investigations suggested it was a targeted shooting. | Police found the man on an Earlwood footpath as they responded to reports of a shooting about 9.40pm on Monday night. Police said early investigations suggested it was a targeted shooting. |
| The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday morning named the man as Pasquale Barbaro, 35, whose grandfather and cousin were killed in gangland hits. It is rumoured that he was an informant for the Crime Commission. | The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday morning named the man as Pasquale Barbaro, 35, whose grandfather and cousin were killed in gangland hits. It is rumoured that he was an informant for the Crime Commission. |
| The shooting comes two weeks after another crime figure, Hamad Assaad, was shot dead outside his Georges Hall home. | The shooting comes two weeks after another crime figure, Hamad Assaad, was shot dead outside his Georges Hall home. |
| A man shot dead on a suburban street is believed to a member of a family linked to Sydney’s criminal underworld. | A man shot dead on a suburban street is believed to a member of a family linked to Sydney’s criminal underworld. |
| Police found the man, believed to be 35-year-old Pasquale Barbaro, on an Earlwood footpath after being alerted to a shooting about 9.40pm on Monday. | Police found the man, believed to be 35-year-old Pasquale Barbaro, on an Earlwood footpath after being alerted to a shooting about 9.40pm on Monday. |
| Early investigations suggest it was a targeted attack and Larkhall Street was cordoned off on Tuesday as forensic teams examined the area. | Early investigations suggest it was a targeted attack and Larkhall Street was cordoned off on Tuesday as forensic teams examined the area. |
| Barbaro’s grandfather and cousin were both killed in gangland hits and there had been unconfirmed rumours that Barbaro was an informant for the New South Wales Crime Commission. | Barbaro’s grandfather and cousin were both killed in gangland hits and there had been unconfirmed rumours that Barbaro was an informant for the New South Wales Crime Commission. |
| Gabriela Pintos, who lives at the end of street, said she had heard gunshots late at night. “We heard the gunshots … another maybe four gunshots and a couple of minutes later there was someone screaming,” she said. | Gabriela Pintos, who lives at the end of street, said she had heard gunshots late at night. “We heard the gunshots … another maybe four gunshots and a couple of minutes later there was someone screaming,” she said. |
| Another resident said he had heard as a many as seven loud bangs in two bursts and had seen a car speeding away. “You knew straight away what it was … I looked out the front and saw a car speed off,” said the man, who asked to be identified as John. | Another resident said he had heard as a many as seven loud bangs in two bursts and had seen a car speeding away. “You knew straight away what it was … I looked out the front and saw a car speed off,” said the man, who asked to be identified as John. |
| Witnesses also reported seeing a car with three or four men wearing hoodies parked nearby before the shooting. A burnt-out Audi Q7 found in the nearby suburb of Concord could be linked to the killing. | Witnesses also reported seeing a car with three or four men wearing hoodies parked nearby before the shooting. A burnt-out Audi Q7 found in the nearby suburb of Concord could be linked to the killing. |
| The death comes two weeks after another Sydney crime figure, Hamad Assaad, was shot dead outside his Georges Hall home. | The death comes two weeks after another Sydney crime figure, Hamad Assaad, was shot dead outside his Georges Hall home. |
| Assaad was a key suspect in the shooting of standover man Walid Ahmad at a Bankstown shopping centre in April. That killing was thought to be in retaliation for the shooting homicide of Safwan Charbaji outside a nearby panel beater two weeks earlier. | Assaad was a key suspect in the shooting of standover man Walid Ahmad at a Bankstown shopping centre in April. That killing was thought to be in retaliation for the shooting homicide of Safwan Charbaji outside a nearby panel beater two weeks earlier. |
| Pasquale Barbaro’s grandfather Peter Pasquale Barbaro was gunned down in Brisbane in 1990, while his cousin Pat Barbaro was shot dead in a carpark in Melbourne in 2003. | Pasquale Barbaro’s grandfather Peter Pasquale Barbaro was gunned down in Brisbane in 1990, while his cousin Pat Barbaro was shot dead in a carpark in Melbourne in 2003. |