Bikie associate injured in December shooting
targeted in drive-by
Jenny Noyes
By Jenny Noyes
May 18, 2022 — 4.36pm
An outlaw motorcycle gang associate who was
shot in the leg in December has been targeted in a second drive-by
shooting at his home in Sydney’s south-west, just two days after NSW
Police launched a taskforce aimed at stopping escalating gang
conflict.
Three people have been killed and a bikie boss critically injured
over the past month.
Emergency services were called to the home of Shayan Jaberiyanfar on
Carnelian Street in Leppington about 9.45pm on Tuesday night, after
receiving reports of multiple shots fired.
Damage from bullets at the scene of a drive-by shooting on Tuesday
night.
Damage from bullets at the scene of a drive-by shooting on Tuesday
night. CREDIT:BROOK MITCHELL
Jaberiyanfar has been alleged to associate with outlaw motorcycle
gangs, though any current associations are unknown.
Officers from Camden Area Command arrived at the scene to find a
number of bullets had been fired into the front of the home and into
a Mitsubishi Lancer parked outside.
Police investigating the shooting, not far from a childcare centre,
were told a white van was seen nearby around the time it occurred.
Two men and a woman who were home on Tuesday night were lucky to
avoid injury.
It was a different story at the same address on December 29 last
year, when Jaberiyanfar was shot three times in the leg. He was
hospitalised in a stable condition, with the injuries not considered
life-threatening.
On that occasion, a burnt-out vehicle found in Casula was thought to
be linked to the shooting. No arrests have been made and that
shooting remains under investigation.
A spokeswoman for NSW Police said Tuesday night’s shooting is not
believed to be linked to the recent spate of shootings targeting
organised crime figures that has left three dead and led police to
launch Taskforce Erebus on Monday. There is no suggestion that
Jaberiyanfar had any involvement in those other shootings or any
organised crime.
Police are continuing to investigate possible links between the
shootings of Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad on April 27, Tarek and Omar
Zahed on May 10 and Ahmad’s nephew Rami Iskander on May 14.
Iskander was laid to rest at Rookwood cemetery on Wednesday,
following a funeral service at Lakemba Mosque – just 18 days after
his uncle.
Meanwhile Comancheros boss Tarek Zahed remains in hospital with
critical injuries a week after the shooting that claimed the life of
his younger brother Omar.
While tit-for-tat is one line of inquiry into the murders, State
Crime Commander Mick Fitzgerald said on Monday all three shootings
are directly linked by the criminal drug trade.
Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad, Tarek Zahed and Rami Iskander were targeted
in gangland shootings in April and May 2022. Ahmad and Iskander were
killed, while Zahed was in hospital a week after being shot.
Taskforce Erebus, which links the three strike forces created to
investigate the murders of Ahmad, Zahed and Iskander, represents a
broader, co-ordinated approach that takes in dozens of existing
investigations into other acts of violence, drug and firearm
importation and supply, vehicle theft and other criminal activities.
The taskforce has made a number of arrests since its launch on
Monday, including three adult teenagers charged following dawn raids
on Wednesday.
Two 18-year-olds were charged with affray and participating in a
criminal group, while 19-year-old Ratu Vakalolo was charged with
drug supply and dealing with proceeds of crime.
The younger men were juveniles at the time of their alleged offences
and cannot be named for legal reasons.