BULLET HOLES IN LIVING ROOM WALL

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Bullet holes in your living room wall

AS CHILDREN played in the street, a gunman stepped out of a white Holden Commodore, lifted his pistol and opened fire on a gang talking in a suburban car park.

Missing all of the men standing in the car park, he then tried to flee as they pulled out an SKS assault rifle from their car, returning fire and indiscriminately peppering local homes with gunfire.

Yesterday, residents of Australis Ave, Wattle Grove, surveyed the damage, with bullet holes in windows and doors after at least 24 shots were exchanged during the gun battle on Thursday night.

Police said yesterday they had identified one of the men involved, as police officers from Task force Gain joined the investigation to determine if the suburban gun fight was linked to a spate of shootings in southwest Sydney.

Liverpool police superintendent Terry Jacobsen described the shooting as a "crime without conscience".

"The fact that innocent people are not being injured is just matter of chance," he said.

"These people are shooting at each other and if this continues it is not unlikely that an innocent person will be harmed.

"Clearly these people don't give a stuff."

At least three firearms were used in the shooting at 6.30pm, with shell casings examined by forensic police.

Two homes were damaged by stray bullets during the shooting and a passing car passing was also hit, but nobody was injured.

At least six bullets struck the home of Mary Livanos, shattering roof tiles and flying through several rooms.

The high-powered rifle sent one bullet through a window and two walls before it became embedded in bathroom tiles.

"I arrived at my home to be told it was a crime scene. I pulled up and police started running at me," Ms Livanos said.

"If I'd arrived home five minutes earlier I would've been hit.

"I was in shock, this is not downtown Baghdad."

Her neighbour, Tracey Wilson, said the family was having dinner and hid under the kitchen table as members heard the shooting begin.

Mrs Wilson, who is moving to Townsville, said her children were unable to sleep after the gun battle.

"My kids are terrified," she said.

"I took the kids to school because I thought they would feel safer than at home.

"It's a good thing that we're moving to Townsville in a couple of weeks. It's just too well organised and police have to stop the guns from coming in."

POLICE were last night questioning a man after a vehicle was shot at with a high-powered weapon in Guildford on Tuesday.

Two men in the car were lucky to escape injury in Rhodes Ave, Guildford, after a bullet pierced the driver's side door of the car about 1.20pm.

An argument followed and the two men, believed to be aged in their 20s, began to drive off.

The gunman followed and opened fire.

The victims drove straight to Granville police station where they were interviewed then released.

Task Force Gain assisted with the inquiry but it didn't appear to be linked to the string of murders and drive-by shootings in Sydney's southwest in recent months.

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[quote="tropicalweatherwatcher"]Bullet holes in your living room wall



"It's a good thing that we're moving to Townsville in a couple of weeks...."



Yeah, Townsville has the Power Puff Girls.