Overview
- Police say 35-year-old Jack Cheung was shot dead in his driveway on Wednesday morning in a targeted, execution-style attack and detectives have launched a homicide manhunt for the shooter and vehicle.
- Aerial footage that reportedly shows the shooting was posted to social media with a message claiming responsibility, and NSW Police have formally opened an investigation into the drone recording.
- Detectives found a GPS tracking device fitted to Cheung’s car and are analysing CCTV, dashcam and forensic leads while specialist squads follow intelligence and witness reports.
- Senior officers say drone operators and other contracted participants can be treated as complicit and that overseas links may be involved, but they have reassured the public there is no ongoing threat.
- Former detectives note informant intelligence often helps in organised-crime probes, and police point to a recent pattern of more globalised, compartmentalised gang attacks that has produced hundreds of arrests over the past 18 months.