<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A family in Sydney's south-west has been left terrified after a drive-by shooting and firebombing at their home in what police say appears to be a case of mistaken identity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency crews were called to Sapphire Place at Eagle Vale after neighbours reported a shooting about 4.30am today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When officers arrived, a black BMW sedan was found well alight outside the family home.</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/national/two-men-charged-alleged-attempted-kidnapping-woman-liverpool-sydney/a06ee26d-8d28-4c1d-9b8d-eb6f3d1cfa66"><strong><span>Alleged attempted kidnapping of a woman in broad daylight foiled in Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Acting Commander Michael Moroney said while the home itself appeared to be targeted, the occupants were not the intended targets.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What I understand at this stage is that those residents were only new to that location," Moroney said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So they ... were not the intended targets.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/eagle-vale-police-say-innocent-family-wrongly-targeted-in-southwest-sydney-shooting-and-firebombing/c116e6c7-9441-4533-a81b-d8c81518f254" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A husband, wife, and three children who were inside the home were left terrified, telling 9News the shooting and firebombing was a case of mistaken identity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The home owner said her family was asleep when multiple shots rang out.</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/dezi-freeman-victoria-police-arrest-two-people-in-investigation/35985beb-f17a-4cf2-9d64-d52e2a66cdbb"><strong><span>Two men arrested over Dezi Freeman investigation are released without charge</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We just moved here, haven't been here long," she told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Obviously a case of mistaken identity, we are not bad people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was a bullet hole that skimmed across [the kids'] heads and into the roof."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe the hit was planned well in advance, with the same group spotted on security cameras 30 minutes before the ambush, arriving to scope out the street.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While only three men were captured on CCTV before fleeing in a dark coloured ute, police say they are searching for a wider network.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are looking closely at who lived there previously as a main line of inquiry for this ongoing investigation," Moroney said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities are appealing to anyone in the Eagle Vale area with dashcam or CCTV footage to come forward immediately.</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/two-charged-alleged-role-multi-million-sydney-fraud-scheme/c6f4c957-a20d-45c2-a6e9-e6626b114a3e"><strong><span>Pair arrested over alleged role in multi-million Sydney fraud scheme</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div>