Gunman fired as much as 100 bullets on busy Sydney road at random, injuring 20, police say

A 60-year-old man was arrested Monday in Australia after police stated he fired as much as 100 bullets at passersby, injuring 20 folks within the nation’s most populous metropolis.

New South Wales police stated they had been known as on Sunday night to a road in Sydney’s Interior West, the place the alleged gunman was firing at random vehicles and police. One man with a gunshot wound transported himself to the hospital following the incident, police stated. He’s in a “critical” situation. 

One other 19 folks had been handled for shrapnel or shattered glass accidents, with a number of taken to the hospital, authorities stated.

Appearing New South Wales Police Superintendent Stephen Parry stated “wherever between 50 and 100 photographs” had been fired between 7:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. native time on Sunday night time in Croydon Park, a suburb of Interior West.

A big contingent of police swarmed the world and locked down the road earlier than coming into a unit above a enterprise and arresting a 60-year-old man. They seized two rifles from the scene.

The accused shooter was additionally taken to the hospital and handled for wounds sustained throughout his arrest, police stated. No expenses have been filed towards the alleged gunman but.

Joe Azar, who was working throughout the highway, instructed the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper that he heard what he thought had been fireworks or rocks being thrown at home windows.

“Some man’s windshield blew up, then the bus cease glass shattered,” he instructed the newspaper. “The surreal feeling kicked in like, ‘Oh, that is what’s taking place.'”

“It was frantic. All of it occurred so fast, so I could not comprehend what was happening,” he added.

New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon described the taking pictures as “critical and terrifying.” The gunman’s motive was unclear however there have been “no recognized hyperlinks to terrorism exercise or any gang exercise,” he instructed native radio station 2GB. A police investigation is ongoing.

Mass shootings are comparatively uncommon in Australia.

A ban on computerized and semi-automatic weapons has been in place since 1996, when a lone gunman killed 35 folks in Port Arthur, Tasmania.

In August, alleged gunman Dezi Freeman went on the run within the bush after being accused of killing two law enforcement officials. He stays at giant.

And in 2022, six folks, together with two law enforcement officials, had been killed in a taking pictures close to the small Queensland city of Wieambilla.