Shots fired in Cabramatta, Green Valley, cars set alight

Police are investigating links between two attacks in neighboring Sydney suburbs in which houses were shot at and cars were set on fire just after midnight on Thursday.

The shootings, which police believe took place within minutes of each other, occurred in Cabramatta and Green Valley. While both residences were occupied during the attacks, fire was opened at one house and the outside of another house, and the vehicles at the addresses were also set on fire. Those behind the incident are still at large.

Emergency services were called to Wendy Close in Cabramatta at 12.45pm on Thursday, about 15 minutes before reports of a loud explosion, believed to be gunfire, were received in Green Valley.

Four people were at the Cabramatta home when five shots were fired at the address and a white Toyota station wagon was set on fire. The flames spread to the front porch and firefighters had to extinguish the fire before it could engulf the house.

Two bullets hit the front of the house and the vehicle became unusable. A 57-year-old woman, affected by smoke, was treated at the scene.

Acting Assistant Commissioner Trent King said none of those in the building were known to police and they were “fully co-operating” with the investigation.

CCTV footage shows King firing seven shots into the air outside the house on North Liverpool Road, Green Valley.

Two people unknown to police were in the home at the time of the shooting, but another resident who was not home was also known to police. Officers had been to the home before, although it was not related to gang or other criminal activity.