Detectives release CCTV as investigation continues into public place shooting - Bankstown
Where: Dellwood Street, Bankstown, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Detectives have released CCTV images as an investigation continues into a public place shooting in Sydney’s south west earlier this year.
About 10pm on Tuesday 9 June 2026, emergency services were called to Dellwood Street, Bankstown, following reports of a public place shooting.
Officers from Bankstown Police Area Command attended and found a 21-year-old man with a laceration to the back of his neck.
NSW Ambulance paramedics attended and treated the man; however, he did not require further treatment.
A crime scene was established, and detectives commenced an investigation into the incident under Strike Force Faleto.
As investigations continue, detectives have released CCTV images of a man and vehicle they believe may assist with their inquiries.
The man is described as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, aged in his 20s, with black hair, a black beard and wearing a white jacket.
The man and vehicle were seen in the vicinity during the time of the incident on Tuesday 9 June 2026.
Anyone with information, including CCTV or dashcam, is urged to contact Bankstown Police Area Command or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area
Canterbury-Bankstown is a council area in New South Wales with about 389,687 residents. It has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 269th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (70th percentile), assault (38th percentile), homicide (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
- Violent
- 949 per 100k
- Property
- 1,947 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 152 per 100k
- Theft
- 762 per 100k
See the full Canterbury-Bankstown crime profile
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