Police gang unit boss denies Sydney underworld violence 'out of control' after unintended targets shot dead
NSW Police have denied that Sydney's underworld violence is out of control following the death of an innocent bystander in a suspected case of mistaken identity. This incident marks the latest in a series of gang-related shootings that have claimed multiple innocent lives since 2020.
Why it matters
The recurring violence and the targeting of innocent civilians raise significant public safety concerns and questions about the effectiveness of current organized crime task forces.
The head of Taskforce Falcon, which investigates organised crime, denies police have lost control of Sydney streets.
A potential sixth innocent victim in the space of a year and a half has been killed in relation to simmering tensions in Sydney's underworld.
It comes just a day after another casualty in the crossfire of the city's gangland war, Marco Tapia, was shot dead in a case of mistaken identity.
Link copied Share Share article The head of the NSW Police unit investigating organised crime networks denies it has lost control of Sydney's streets, following two suspected mistaken identity shooting deaths in as many days.
The brazen murder of 40-year-old Joshua Macdonald possibly marks the seventh innocent victim of the city's sprawling gangland war in the past 18 months.
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