Overview
- Multiple shots were fired into the Diamond Venues event space in Punchbowl from an unknown SUV about 2:20pm on Saturday and police say there were no injuries.
- Officers found an abandoned car well alight a short time later on Gillian Place and have established two linked crime scenes with initial inquiries indicating the incidents are connected.
- Video shared on social media and by crime pages shows roughly 30 rounds being fired from a vehicle and helped police and journalists confirm the scale and method of the attack.
- The venue had been advertised online as a location for the memorial of Lorenzo Lemalu, whose body returned to Sydney this week after he was shot dead in Ho Chi Minh City and two Samoan nationals were charged over that killing.
- Police have increased security around scheduled funeral events and warned the shooting could spur further reprisals, raising immediate public safety concerns and the possibility of postponing or moving planned ceremonies.