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News.com.au
16 hours ago
- News.com.au
NSW Police investigate public shooting, car fire in Penrith
A man is in hospital after he was shot while sitting in a parked car in western Sydney last night. The shooting happened in Penrith, NSW Police say, just before 10pm. Emergency services were called to Hickeys Lane on reports of a shooting, where police officers found a man, believed to be in his 20s, with a gunshot wound. 'The man was treated by paramedics for a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital for further treatment,' the police said. 'His injuries are described as non-life threatening.' An investigation into the circumstances of the incident has commenced. A short time later, reports emerged of a burning vehicle in the nearby suburb of Claremont Meadows, which the police believe could be linked to the shooting. 'The fire was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW personnel,' the police said. 'Officers from Nepean Police Area Command have established a crime scene, which will be forensically examined by specialist officers. 'While investigations into both incidents are in their infancy, one line of inquiry being examined is that both incidents are linked.'
Daily Mail
16-06-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Major update after a woman's body was found dumped in bushland on the outskirts of Sydney
A man has been arrested following the shock discovery of a woman's body in Sydney 's west on Sunday. Officers attached to Nepean Police Area Command were called to a reserve off Irwin Street at Werrington, in Sydney's west, about 1.15pm on Sunday following the discovery of a 47-year-old woman's body. The area was sealed off and forensic experts sent in to analyse the scene. 'A crime scene has been established and an investigation has commenced by Nepean detectives, who are being assisted by the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad,' said a police spokesman. 'A canvass of the area is now being conducted by local police, assisted by PolAir.' Nepean Police Area Commander, Detective Superintendent Trent King said a number of belongings were found near the woman, who is believed to be middle aged. 'Other clothing items and other rubbish,' he told a press conference on Sunday evening. 'At this stage I've been informed that it was a woman. Potentially a middle-aged woman, but that's still part of the investigation.' The body was discovered by a passerby who saw the remains from a distance and called Triple Zero. 'It's a remote part of the reserve which backs onto sporting fields on one side and there is residential areas on the other,' Supt. King said. 'That's where we will be concentrating our canvassing this afternoon and this evening to try and ascertain movements as well as anything untoward over the last period of time.' It was unclear how long the body had been at the reserve or how she died. 'Certainly a period of time, very difficult to ascertain at this stage. The scene is currently being examined,' Supt. King said. 'We're hoping certainly in the next couple of days through both the postmortem examination as well as the examination today we will have further information. 'Until we identify the cause of death, the death is unexplained. Certainly in this circumstance we feel it necessary to take it to the highest level (of investigation).' Supt. King added officers from the Missing Persons Unit were combing through files to try and identify the woman. 'There's nothing to indicate a specific person at this stage from our perspective,' he said. 'However, as we speak, the missing persons unit are assisting us with anyone that is currently outstanding.'
Daily Mail
15-06-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Werrington murder probe launched after body is found dumped in remote bushland
Homicide detectives have been called in after a body was found in bushland in Sydney 's west on Sunday afternoon. Officers attached to Nepean Police Area Command were called to a reserve off Irwin Street at Werrington, about 50km from Sydney's CBD, about 1.15pm. The area has now been sealed off and forensic experts sent in. 'A crime scene has been established and an investigation has commenced by Nepean detectives, who are being assisted by the State Crime Command's Homcide Squad,' said a police spokesman. 'A canvass of the area is now being conducted by local police, assisted by PolAir.' More to come
Daily Mail
07-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Disqualified driver accused of hitting and killing woman then fleeing the scene is named
A disqualified driver has been denied bail after allegedly fleeing the scene of a fatal hit-and-run on a busy Sydney roadway. Police allege a 20-year-old disqualified driver fatally struck a woman believed to be aged in her 60s on Macquarie Avenue, Penrith, about 5.30pm on Thursday. Nine News and the Daily Telegraph identified the driver as Lasaro Tavai. Emergency services were called to the scene by which time Tavai had allegedly fled without stopping. The female pedestrian succumbed to injuries at the scene. Police released two pieces of footage as part of their investigation. In the first video, filmed on dashcam, a ute appeared to make a right-hand turn onto a busy roadway before barreling towards the woman's position. In the following frame, an orange ute could be seen waiting at the intersection while indicating before making the turn. Following inquiries and an appeal for information, the 20-year-old man was arrested the following evening at a Taloma Street home in Penrith at 10.40pm on Friday. Officers attached to the Nepean Police Area Command established a crime scene where crash investigators conducted forensic examinations. Tavai was taken to St Marys Police Station where he was charged with a raft of offences including dangerous driving occasioning death-drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death), fail to stop and assist after impact cause death. Police also charged Tavai with drive motor vehicle during disqualification period, and use unregistered registrable Class A motor vehicle on road. He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday. According to the Daily Telegraph, Tavai did not appear in court on Saturday where no bail application was made and was formally refused. His matter is reportedly listed for the same court on June 13.
