Shock twist after grandmother was shot dead in violent drive-by shooting
- Man arrested days after mother killed in drive-by shooting
A man whose mother was killed in a horror drive-by shooting has been arrested.
Kim Duncan, 65, died when bullets were fired into her Ambarvale home in Sydney's southwest about 11pm on Monday.
The grandmother suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and couldn't be revived by paramedics.
Her son James Shaine Dowd, 34, was arrested along with a 32-year-old man during a vehicle stop on Copperfield Drive in Ambarvale about 8am on Wednesday.
Officers from Campbelltown Police Area Command and Strike Force Raptor arrested the pair who were take to Campbelltown Police Station.
Neither man is accused of being involved in Ms Duncan's death.
Dowd was at his mother's home along with his partner, 21, when the bullets flew through the living room but neither were injured.
The 34-year-old man allegedly failed to co-operate as detectives attempted to bring his mother's killers to justice.
Kim Duncan (pictured with her son Shaine) was shot in the leg and died at the scene
Kim Duncan died on her living room floor after three gunmen shot a flurry of bullets at her home in south-west Sydney (pictured, her son Shaine outside the home)
Ms Duncan suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and couldn't be revived by paramedics
'Initially, they were [co-operating], but at this point we're trying to work with them to get some more information,' detective superintendent Grant Healey told reporters.
'We haven't been able to interview them properly yet, so we're just waiting a little bit longer so we've got time to process and come back to us.'
Police sources told The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday Ms Duncan was not the intended target of the shooting and, instead, the gunmen were sending a 'warning' to someone in the house.
Superintendent Healey said Ms Duncan's 'very upset' family were assisting police.
'It's tragic. Your mother and the grandmother of your children has been shot by cowards that stood out the front of her house,' he said.
He added 'three people got out of a dark-coloured sedan before firing several shots at the house and then leaving'.
Neighbours reported hearing multiple gunshots followed by screams for help from Ms Duncan's son.
'As we came outside, we just heard the son yelling "My mum's been shot",' Shaun Burridge told 9News.
'He was pretty upset, devastated, and then her daughter turned up a bit later on. She was a mess.'
NSW Police has set up Strike Force Apslawn to investigate the shooting.
