New CCTV footage shows moments leading up to deadly shooting in Sydney's west
New footage of the killers who shot dead a student in Sydney's west shows them waiting out the front of a family home for about 15 minutes before the attack.
CCTV shows children riding past on their bikes and Marvin Oraiha's girlfriend, mother and sister walking inside after school pick-up before he was gunned down in the driver's seat of his car in Elizabeth Hills yesterday afternoon.
The shooting left Oraiha slumped over in the car and riddled with bullet wounds.
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New footage of the killers who shot dead a student in Sydney's west shows them waiting out the front of a family home. Nine
The 24-year-old barber was studying to become a project designer.
Initial investigations into the deadly shooting suggest it was linked to organised crime but the connection is "too early" to confirm, according to New South Wales Police.
"I think it is as bad as it gets, it is an awful crime," detective acting superintendent Virginia Gorman said.
The victim of a deadly shooting in western Sydney has been identified as Marvin Oraiha. Nine
"It is shocking for the family, for the people who live in that street, for his girlfriend and generally the community."
Gorman said his girlfriend was not in the car but had been with him shortly before the shooting.
"He is a 24-year-old male and there is only so much that can happen in 24 years," she said.
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"We will be looking at his recent associations, businesses, friends and other links."
9News understands from family members Oraiha had just said goodbye to his mother and sister who had arrived at the home from the school pick-up.
Police are investigating if Oraiha had any low-level links with the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang, but it is not believed he was a member.
A man who lived close by said the killing had shocked the local community.
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"He was very good. I'm very sad for him. Whole family is sad, you know," he told 9News.
"We don't know - we don't know why. And his family don't know what happened with him."
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb told Today the shooting was "very brazen" and detectives were examining potential organised crime links.
She said investigations were at a "very open" stage.
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"We have three crime scenes that we're processing.
"Obviously the scene in Elizabeth Hill, and two locations where cars were located burnt out. It is very early days. And detectives are on the ground."
Webb said officers from Strikeforce Erebus - set up last year to tackle gang violence - were part of the investigation.
Police are investigating whether a car fire on Bluff Street in the neighbouring suburb of Green Valley is linked.
Webb said police were continuing to investigate whether another burnt-out car found at Bonnyrigg Heights was also linked.
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