One man has been left dead and another injured after a shooting near a pub in Sydney‘s inner west.
Police were called to the Harold Park Hotel on Ross Street in Forest Lodge following reports of a public place shooting at about 6.40pm.
Officers arrived to find two men shot multiple times by people who had left the scene in a car before police arrived.
Both men suffered multiple gunshot wounds each with NSW Ambulance paramedics treating them at the scene, however one man could not be saved.
The other was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Witnesses reported hearing between six and 12 gunshots.
“He had been shot multiple times, at least six times,” she said.
“But he was still conscious, and they put him in the ambulance so hopefully he makes a full recovery.”
A crime scene’s been set up as police investigate the incident.