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| Three-year-old girl found shot dead in western Sydney | Three-year-old girl found shot dead in western Sydney |
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| A three-year-old girl is dead after she was shot at her home in western Sydney. | A three-year-old girl is dead after she was shot at her home in western Sydney. |
| Paramedics found the girl dead with a gunshot wound to her neck at the home in Lalor Park, near Blacktown, at about 8pm on Sunday. | Paramedics found the girl dead with a gunshot wound to her neck at the home in Lalor Park, near Blacktown, at about 8pm on Sunday. |
| Police have released few details about how the tragedy unfolded and detectives from Quakers Hill local area command are investigating and talking to the family. Neighbours reported shouting and gunfire at the property. | Police have released few details about how the tragedy unfolded and detectives from Quakers Hill local area command are investigating and talking to the family. Neighbours reported shouting and gunfire at the property. |
| A police spokeswoman said four other children aged between three and eight were in the home at the time of the shooting. A neighbour said the scene after the death was chaotic with the mother and father distraught. Forensic officers remained at the house on Monday. | |
| Television footage from the scene showed a woman, thought to be the mother, screaming as she was taken away in an ambulance, while a man was sitting in the gutter with his head in his hands. | Television footage from the scene showed a woman, thought to be the mother, screaming as she was taken away in an ambulance, while a man was sitting in the gutter with his head in his hands. |
| Forensic officers were still examining the scene at the house on Monday. | Forensic officers were still examining the scene at the house on Monday. |
| In a separate incident in Sydney, a 37-year-old man was found shot in the shoulder in Lane Cove on Sunday night. His injury is not thought to be life-threatening and he is being treated at Royal North Shore hospital. | In a separate incident in Sydney, a 37-year-old man was found shot in the shoulder in Lane Cove on Sunday night. His injury is not thought to be life-threatening and he is being treated at Royal North Shore hospital. |