Sydney's gang war has heated up again, after a man believed to be the brother of Brothers 4 Life gang boss Bassam Hamzy was found shot dead in a parked car.
Emergency services were called to an intersection of the Great Western Highway in south Wentworthville about 12.45pm on Thursday, but paramedics were unable to save the 35-year-old man.
Police have set up a crime scene and begun investigating, with initial inquiries indicating a vehicle found torched on a nearby street is related to the incident.
A crime scene has been established there too, with both to be examined by specialist forensic officers.
Police are calling for anyone with information to contact CrimeStoppers, with the shooting believed to be the latest escalation in a long-running feud between the Hamzy and Alameddine families.
Bassam Hamzy's brother Mejid Hamzy was in 2020 ambushed early in the morning in front of his Condell Park home and his cousin, Bilal Hamze, was executed by gunmen in Sydney's CBD in June last year.
Two other members of the extended Hamzy family - father and son Toufik and Salim Hamze - were also shot dead in Guildford in October.