A 60-year-old man was arrested Monday in Australia after police mentioned he fired as much as 100 bullets at passersby, injuring 20 individuals within the nation’s most populous metropolis.
New South Wales police mentioned they have been known as on Sunday night to a avenue in Sydney’s Interior West, the place the alleged gunman was firing at random automobiles and police. One man with a gunshot wound transported himself to the hospital following the incident, police mentioned. He’s in a “critical” situation.
One other 19 individuals have been handled for shrapnel or shattered glass accidents, with a number of taken to the hospital, authorities mentioned.
Appearing New South Wales Police Superintendent Stephen Parry mentioned “anyplace between 50 and 100 pictures” have been fired between 7:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. native time on Sunday evening in Croydon Park, a suburb of Interior West.
A big contingent of police swarmed the realm and locked down the road earlier than getting 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 mentioned. No fees have been filed towards the alleged gunman but.
Joe Azar, who was working throughout the street, instructed the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper that he heard what he thought have 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 occurring,” he added.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon described the capturing 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 individuals 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 individuals, together with two law enforcement officials, have been killed in a capturing close to the small Queensland city of Wieambilla.
