An 18-year-old has been charged with the murder of a 28-year-old man who was shot dead in Sydney’s west on Friday morning. He has been refused bail, and will appear in court on Saturday.
Another man, aged 25, is in hospital with minor injuries under police guard after the shooting.
Emergency services found Mal Seve, 28, with gunshot wounds to his neck, chest and leg after responding to reports of a shooting on Carinya Street, Blacktown, about 11.50am on Friday.
Seve was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Police were unable to stop a black Mazda ute from fleeing the scene, and pursued the vehicle before it crashed on nearby Kildare Road. The men allegedly ran from the scene and were arrested a short time later.
As well as being charged with murder, the younger man was also charged with taking and driving a vehicle without the consent of its owner, driving dangerously and failing to stop for police.
Mal Seve was shot dead in Blacktown on Friday morning.Credit: Nine News
Blacktown Police Area Commander, Superintendent Brendan Gorman said Seve and both men in custody were known to police, and that any potential underworld links would be explored as part of an investigation.
He said police heard the gunshots as they were fired, and were on the scene “within seconds”, leading to the arrests of the alleged offenders’ within a “very short time” after the shooting.
