‘The net is closing’: Two charged over fatal Sydney shooting as hunt continues for accomplices

Two men are in custody over the alleged murder of a man at a high-density western Sydney unit block, while police urge other alleged offenders to give themselves up as investigators close in.

Abdallah Bahsa, 38, died at Westmead Hospital after he was shot inside a unit on Shale Street, Lidcombe, about 4am on Monday. A second man, named in court documents as Harish Ramasawmy, was allegedly assaulted at the scene and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Alpay Albayir, 21, allegedly crashed into a parked car on Boronia Street, Ermington about 1.30pm on Monday, before police found a gun in the car he was driving.

He was charged with murder and wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm over the earlier alleged attack.

Police then arrested 22-year-old Joshua Yeboah about 8pm on Monday during a raid on a home on Spurway Street, Ermington. He was later charged with murder.

Neither man applied for bail when the matter came before Burwood Local Court on Tuesday. The pair will face court again on May 13.

Police said they were still searching for a number of other alleged offenders who remained at large.

“The net is closing very quickly,” Superintendent Robert Toynton said on Tuesday.

“You should consider handing yourself in.”

Police had earlier appealed for information about the allegedly targeted attack with “strong links to organised crime”. The shooting took place in a high-density unit block bordering Accor Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park.

“Someone must have seen something. Someone must have heard something. Someone must have seen a car, or these offenders leaving on foot,” Toynton said on Monday.

Some residents leaving the area on Monday told media they heard a loud bang in the early hours of the morning.

One resident told the Herald they thought the emergency vehicles rushing to the scene were responding to a fire.

“I see a lot of ‘druggie’ types coming and going … always someone suss in and out of the building,” the resident said.

Detectives were directing investigations outside the complex, where officers were seen carrying large bags away from the scene.

The shooting came days after two men were taken to hospital following a brawl which ended in gunfire at Chester Hill on Thursday night.

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