Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man in Sydney. The man, believed to be in his 30s, was found just before eight o'clock last night in Surry Hills with a gunshot wound. A Porsche found on fire in Kensington a short time later is believed to be linked to the incident.
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00:00Police say that this incident was particularly brazen.
00:05Officers were called to a petrol station in Surrey Hills in the middle of Sydney at around
00:097.45 last night following reports of a shooting.
00:13When they arrived, they found a man aged in his 30s with multiple gunshot wounds.
00:19Paramedics tried to work on the man but he couldn't be revived and he died at the scene.
00:23A short time later, police say that they found a luxury car, a Porsche, on fire in Kensington
00:29and they say that both those incidents are linked.
00:32Now, officers are still searching for any suspects involved in this incident but they
00:37do say that the victim was in his car at the time of the shooting, that once he was injured
00:41he left his car, staggered up the street before he collapsed and sadly passed away.
00:47Officers also say that the victim was known to police and that he did have links to underworld
00:52crime.
00:53Here's what police had to say a little earlier.
00:55I can tell you that the male that has died was known to police.
00:59He does have links to organised crime entities.
01:02At the time he was shot, he was alone in his vehicle at the service station.
01:08After that, he got out of the vehicle and went on foot down Cleveland Street, generally
01:13west and to a point where he was eventually died at near Bathurst Street on Cleveland Street.
01:20Now, homicide detectives have spent the evening and this morning combing through the crime
01:26scenes trying to find any evidence that supports their investigation.
01:30Witnesses have described hearing multiple gunshots last night and initially thinking
01:35it was firecrackers before realising it was something much more sinister and that really
01:39just speaks to how brazen this incident was.
01:41It was a busy Friday night when people were going about their lives, having after work
01:46drinks and also dinner.
01:48Police say that this investigation will take some time but will keep you across all the
01:52details as they come.