{"id":601022,"date":"2026-04-12T00:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:10:12","slug":"police-investigate-linked-shootings-after-shots-fired-at-two-homes-in-sydneys-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601022\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate &#8216;linked&#8217; shootings after shots fired at two homes in Sydney&#8217;s west"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is under way after two homes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney&#039;s\">Sydney&#8217;s<\/a> west were sprayed with bullets overnight, with the dual shootings believed to be linked.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to a home on C\ufeffolumbine Avenue in Punchbowl about 2.45am after reports that several shots had been fired into the residence.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood occupants of an unidentified car \ufefffired at the front of the home before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bb3dc2c4-8001-4a44-b234-1772dac9e555.jpeg\"   alt=\"Shooting in Sydney's west\"\/>Police are investigating after two homes in Sydney&#8217;s west were sprayed with bullets. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>Just 15 minutes later at 3am, police were called to a nearby home on Noble Avenue in Greenacre, located about 3.5 kilometres away from Punchbowl, following reports of a shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Several shots were fired into the second home by the occupants of an unknown car.<\/p>\n<p>The car left the scene before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody was injured in either shooting.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/448bb03a-bc13-4e87-9b92-616f71bcd0a1.jpeg\"   alt=\"Police investigate 'linked' shootings after bullets sprayed at two homes in Sydney's west\"\/>It is understood occupants of an unidentified car \ufefffired at the front of the homes before fleeing the scene. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>A crime scene has been established at both scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe that the shootings are linked.<\/p>\n<p>Police have urged anyone with dashcam vision from the Punchbowl or Greenacre areas between 2.30am and 3.30am to contact police.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is under way after two homes in Sydney&#8217;s west were sprayed with bullets overnight, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-601022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}