Three 18-year-old men have been arrested after an 11-year-old boy was shot in the face and neck in Sydney’s north-west.
Police were called to a Norwest home in the Hills District about 5pm on Monday.
A child has been shot at a home in Sydney’s north-west. Nine
Paramedics treated the seriously injured boy at the scene before rushing him to hospital, where Superintendent Naomi Moore said he remained with his mother into the night.
“She is as distressed as any parent would be about what she is dealing with at the moment,” the Hills District Police Area Command commander said.
“It is an absolute tragic situation.
“And as we’ve seen some tragedy across Sydney in the last couple of days, this is not far from the worst that I’ve seen.”
Moore said it was “far too early” to say what happened inside the Fairway Drive apartment but police did not believe the shooting was linked to organised crime.
“We have nothing to suggest that it is organised-crime-related, but we will conduct a very thorough investigation into this,” she said, seeking to calm anyone “fearful on the streets out here at the moment”.
Superintendent Naomi Moore speaks to the media after a shorting in the Sydney suburb of Norwest on Monday, September 21, 2026. 9News
“It’s a tragic situation with an 11-year-old child suffering this injury.”
Moore said when police arrived there were four 18-year-old men, a 44-year-old woman and the victim at the house.
Everyone there was described as either a friend or relative of the victim had been allowed into the house.
She said the three arrested males and two other people were assisting police with their inquiries but wouldn’t reveal whether or not they’d been cooperative.
The shooting of the child happened at a home on Fairway Drive, Norwest, in the Hills District of Sydney. Nine
Two people were in custody in Castle Hill and the other at Riverstone.
Moore said the gun in question had not been found and there were no firearms registered at the address.
A major police operation was ongoing.
An 11-year-old boy has been shot in Sydney’s north-west. Nine
The police helicopter was circling an apartment block and the riot squad was on the scene.
The emergency was unfolding as people left work and not long after local children left a nearby school.