Parents of ‘vulnerable’ accused killers shocked after teens charged with Glen Alpine murder

Two young teens have been charged with murder after a failed gangland hit resulted in the death of an innocent young man. In a case of mistaken identity, biomedical student Marco Tapia, 23, was shot dead in his home on Mount Sugarloaf Dr in Glen Alpine in southwest Sydney at 3.40am on September 1. A trail of evidence led detectives to a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy “early in the piece,” NSW Police Homicide Squad Commander Det. Supt. Joe Doueihi alleged at a press conference on Thursday. The teens, previously unknown to police, were arrested in their family homes in Fairfield on Wednesday. “Both young, vulnerable, naive children. Both still at school. I’m at a loss as to why these people were enticed into this type of crime,” Doueihi said. He said the murder charges came as a shock to boys’ parents. “The parents were devastated.