AUSTRALIA - Five Sydney shootings in four hours as police probe bikie gxxg turf war link

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The home of a high-ranking Hells Angel member and a tattoo parlour also linked to the gxxg were targeted in shootings across Sydney's west this morning, which police believe is part of a turf war with rival gxxg the Nomads.
Bullets were fired into two tattoo parlours and houses in four shootings in less than four hours in Sydney's overnight, police said.
A man called police at 6.30am to report a fifth shooting after finding the bullet holes in the front of his house on Grimwood Street, Granville.
He told police he heard what he thought were gunshots in the area about midnight.
In another shooting about 1am a man wearing dark clothing and a black balaclava fired several shots into Tattoo World on Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills.
Tattoo World has links to the Hells Angels motorcycle gxxg.
The tattoo parlour was shot up early last month, with a man wearing black clothing seen running away after opening fire on a roller shutter door.
It was also the scene of a drive-by shooting in March last year.
Fifteen minutes after this morning's shooting at Tattoo World, shots were fired from a car into a house on Centenary Avenue, Northmead, with bullets smashing through two top-storey bedroom windows and a balcony door.
Five children, aged between three and 14, and two adults were home at the time.
About 2.40am, shots were fired into a house on Harris Street, Merrylands, the home of the gxxg member, with bullets going into the kitchen.
The three elderly people were home during the drive-by shooting.
Less than two hours later, at 4.25am, shots were fired into Infamous Ink on Pitt Street, Merrylands.
A State Crime Command spokeswoman said police had formed Strike Force Kinnarra to investigate four of the five shootings.
"They'll be specifically looking at the shootings being linked to the Hells Angels and Nomads," the spokeswoman said.
The Northmead shooting is believed to be unrelated.
State Crime Commander, Acting Assistant Commissioner Mal Lanyon, said there was a "wall of silence" about the shootings.
"There are members of the community who have information about these shootings and the people involved," he said in a statement.
"We also know there are members of these groups out there who don't agree with the violence being used.
"I encourage these people to provide that information to police. That information can be provided anonymously.
"There is no doubt that these shootings are all about the conflicting groups sending a message to each other, but they are reckless acts of violence."
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