<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Five people have been charged as police investigate a brazen daylight shooting incident in western </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At about 9.20am yesterday, police were called to Earl Street in Merrylands after reports of a shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nobody was at home at the time and no injuries were reported.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/air-india-crash-uk-man-reportedly-survives-plane-crash-in-ahmedabad/37171360-3df7-49c1-8cd1-a0bfc2edcc22" target="_blank"><strong><span>Miracle in India: Sole survivor describes being thrown out of plane mid-air</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police suspect senior alleged Alameddine associate Ali Elmoubayed was the target of the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He had left home just minutes earlier to attend court in Parramatta to apply for a bail review to change his address.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The intention was to severely injure, if not kill somebody," Detective Superintendent Jason Box said yesterday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/five-charged-alleged-merrylands-public-place-shooting/8a1edec4-cfe5-4b2d-addf-cbe65f059877" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A short time after the shooting, a burnt-out Porsche was found in Beverley Crescent, Chester Hill.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A group of people allegedly left Chester Hill in a Hyundai. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>PolAir tracked them, before the group reached Yagoona and allegedly tried to flee from police on foot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were arrested at about 9.40am on McMahon Road in Yagoona.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/india-plane-crash-air-india-flight-bound-for-london-crashes-in-ahmedabad/6806fd41-e9da-4bb5-949b-29388bec109d" target="_blank"><strong><span>Death toll of Air India crash passes 290 as horror on the ground unfolds</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three men, aged 20, 22, and 23, were charged with multiple offences over the shooting incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were refused bail to appear in court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At about the same time yesterday, police spotted a Ford Territory allegedly driving erratically before it crashed on Prospect Road in Greystanes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/powerball-lotto-100-million-dollar-jackpot-largest-of-2025/e1dc3389-2988-4b0b-8fdf-0e27e23228b1" target="_blank"><strong><span>Mystery ticket wins entire $100 million Powerball jackpot</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two 17-year-old boys who had been in the car were detained by citizens until police arrived and arrested the pair.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police searched the car and allegedly found and seized jerry cans of fuel and bleach, balaclavas, and a knife.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The teens were charged with a number of offences, including participating in a criminal group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the males was also charged over a separate home invasion in Ermington in February.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were both refused bail and will appear in court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police continue to investigate whether the Merrylands shooting and the Greystanes crash are linked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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