- Two people shot multiple times
- One man died at the scene
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One person has died and another is in a critical condition after gunmen opened fire out the front of a busy Sydney pub during the dinner rush.
Gunshots rang outside The Harold at Forest Lodge, in the city’s inner west, about 6.35pm on Sunday.
NSW Police confirmed in a statement that ‘two people had been shot multiple times by unknown people before they left the scene in a car’.
Paramedics were called to the scene and performed CPR on one of the victims, a man.
However, the man could not be saved and died at the scene.
Another man was treated for gunshot wounds and taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Witnesses saw a man seen lying on the ground bleeding on the corner of Ross Street while officers cordoned off Wigram Road.
A man standing near the victim could he heard on the phone shouting ‘he’s my best friend’.
One person has dies and another is in a critical condition after gunman opened fire in Sydney’s inner west
The shooting took place outside The Harold at Forest Lodge, about 6.35pm on Sunday
Eyewitnesses reported seeing several assailants flee the scene on foot following the shooting
The gastropub was packed with punters for the dinner rush on Sunday.
Staff locked the entrance as punters sheltered under tables as dozens of shots were fired outside.
A car parked outside the venue, which opened in 1880, on Ross Street was hit was several bullets.
Police evacuated the pub, when it was safe to do so, following the shooting.
Local residents were reportedly told to stay inside their homes and wait for officers to take statements.
A crime scene has been established and Leichhardt detectives have commenced an investigation into the incident.
State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad is providing assistance for the investigation.
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