Camden Police charge man with fatal shooting

Friday, 25 October 2024 06:37:29 AM

Camden Police have charged a Fairfield man with murder following the fatal shooting of an elderly man in Sydney earlier this year.

In September 2024, police received a report that an 82-year-old man from Leppington had gone missing.

Officers attached to Camden Police Area Command immediately commenced investigations to locate him; however, he remained missing.

During the investigation, police identified a 67-year-old man, known to the missing man, who had allegedly told police conflicting information about the incident multiple times.

Following extensive investigations, police – with assistance from State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad – arrested a 67-year-old man at a home at Smithfield, about 2.45pm yesterday (Thursday 24 October 2024).

The man was taken to Fairfield Police Station.

Following the arrest, police – with assistance from officers attached to Hawkesbury Police Area Command – executed a crime scene warrant at a property in Upper Colo where the body of the 82-year-old is believed to be buried.

Police will continue to search the property today (Friday 25 October 2024).

The 67-year-old man has been charged with murder, hinder investigation serious indictable offence of other and unlawful disposal of corpse.

The man was refused bail to appear before Fairfield Local Court today.

Police will allege in court the two men were known to each other.

Investigations into the incident continue.

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