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| Woman killed in late-night drive-by shooting in Sydney suburb | Woman killed in late-night drive-by shooting in Sydney suburb |
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| Police searching for killer after multiple shots fired at home in Ambarvale | Police searching for killer after multiple shots fired at home in Ambarvale |
| A drive-by shooting has killed a woman in her 60s and left a suburban Sydney home peppered with bullet holes. | A drive-by shooting has killed a woman in her 60s and left a suburban Sydney home peppered with bullet holes. |
| The killer remained on the run on Tuesday with authorities hunting for those responsible for the overnight attack in Ambarvale on Sydney’s south-west outskirts. | The killer remained on the run on Tuesday with authorities hunting for those responsible for the overnight attack in Ambarvale on Sydney’s south-west outskirts. |
| Shots were fired from an unknown vehicle at a house on Dickens Road on Monday night when the 65-year-old woman was hit. | Shots were fired from an unknown vehicle at a house on Dickens Road on Monday night when the 65-year-old woman was hit. |
| Emergency services were called to the property about 11pm and treated the woman, but she died at the scene. | Emergency services were called to the property about 11pm and treated the woman, but she died at the scene. |
| Two other people in the home were not injured – a 21-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man. | Two other people in the home were not injured – a 21-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man. |
| Nearby resident Louise Hosar said she heard gunshots after 10.30pm. | Nearby resident Louise Hosar said she heard gunshots after 10.30pm. |
| “Within 20 minutes I went to bed and my bedroom just lit up with the police lights ... they didn’t have the sirens going but there was a lot of police presence and ambulances up there,” she said. | “Within 20 minutes I went to bed and my bedroom just lit up with the police lights ... they didn’t have the sirens going but there was a lot of police presence and ambulances up there,” she said. |
| “I woke my house up to alert them that something was happening ... it was very distressing to hear the family and shocking to find out she was an elderly lady.” | “I woke my house up to alert them that something was happening ... it was very distressing to hear the family and shocking to find out she was an elderly lady.” |
| Local officers and the homicide squad were investigating with a number of police vehicles outside the property as authorities began their probe. | Local officers and the homicide squad were investigating with a number of police vehicles outside the property as authorities began their probe. |
| Officers inspected bullet holes on the stairs leading to the property’s front door and on the front wall of the house. | |
| At least three bullet holes could be seen on the house, while about 10 yellow evidence markers were spotted at the taped-off area outside the home. | |
| Investigators also crawled to look underneath a car parked in the property’s driveway. | Investigators also crawled to look underneath a car parked in the property’s driveway. |
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| Along with the two uninjured occupants in the house, police said members of the public would be key to their investigation. They asked witnesses to contact Crimestoppers. | Along with the two uninjured occupants in the house, police said members of the public would be key to their investigation. They asked witnesses to contact Crimestoppers. |
| Hosar, who has lived in the area for 18 years but did not know the dead woman, said the violence was “part of living on Dickens Road”. | Hosar, who has lived in the area for 18 years but did not know the dead woman, said the violence was “part of living on Dickens Road”. |
| “Every few weeks there’s a lot of police presence,” she said. | “Every few weeks there’s a lot of police presence,” she said. |
| “Dickens Road always gets the negative [attention] but we do have some really nice people that live on Dickens Road and in Campbelltown in general.” | “Dickens Road always gets the negative [attention] but we do have some really nice people that live on Dickens Road and in Campbelltown in general.” |