Hunt for killer appeal launch

The younger brother of slain gangland figure Walid “Wally” Ahmad, he was only released from jail late last year after serving time for the manslaughter of gangland rival Safwan Charbaji in Condell Park in 2016.
Emergency services were called to Narelle Crescent, Greenacre, about 9.30pm following reports a man had been shot.
Police from the Raptor squad were in the area at the time and were the first on scene and performed CPR on Mr Ahmad but he died at the scene.
Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said it was an incredibly brazen and callous murder.
He said that considering the amount of people with Ahmad at the time and in the street, “it’s an absolute miracle that no one else got hit”.
“It was an absolutely miracle that no-one else was killed of injured,” he said.
Police are investigating whether a black Porsche sedan and black BMW, both located on fire at Strathfield and Belmore a short time later, were used in the shooting.
State Crime Command Director, Detective Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett, said Mr Ahmad was cautioned about the imminent threat to his life on multiple occasions but chose to ignore those warnings, with fatal consequences.
“We have a huge amount of intelligence, which was gathered both in the lead-up to and the days following Mahmoud’s murder, but preventing these types of events is an imperfect science – and a challenging one at that,” he said.
“We also have large deployments of officers conducting overt and covert activities to assist Homicide Squad detectives with the investigation into his murder and stop any further violence from occurring.
“This sort of barbarity won’t be tolerated, and I just want to assure everyone that stopping these murders and holding those responsible to account is of the highest importance to police.”