SYDNEY, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 16-year-old boy was charged following an alleged public place shooting in Bossley Park, a suburb about 36 kilometers west of Sydney's central business district, police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Saturday.
A 22-year-old man was also arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
NSW Police said in a statement that police were called to a home in Bossley Park at about 6:30 a.m. local time on Friday, following reports of a public place shooting. Officers arrived to find that several shots had been fired into a home from a sedan, which then drove away. No residents in the home were injured during the shooting.
Officers later located the sedan that had crashed and was abandoned nearby. During a search of the vehicle, they allegedly located and seized an automatic firearm for forensic examination.
The 22-year-old man was arrested later at about 1:30 p.m. local time on Friday, when police executed a search warrant at an address in another western Sydney suburb. A shortened calibre rifle, ammunition and a number of mobile phones were located at the address. He was taken to a police station and charged with firearms and organized crime offences.
The 16-year-old boy was arrested at about 6:15 p.m. local time on Friday, after officers stopped a vehicle in southwest Sydney. He was charged with several offences, including a firearms-related charge.
At 12 a.m. local time on Saturday, police executed a search warrant at a southwest Sydney address, where ammunition and clothing were seized. Inquiries are ongoing. ■
