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Police believe they know who is responsible for criminal gang-related shootings in which innocent people came under fire last month. ACT chief police officer Justine Saunders told ABC radio on Wednesday that police had executed a number of search warrants in relation to bikie-linked shootings in Ngunnawal and Calwell. "We’ve got strong intelligence and to be honest, we’re pretty sure we know who’s responsible," Assistant Commissioner Saunders said. "But, of course, we need to be able to develop the evidence to a sufficient standard to put it before the courts." In the Ngunnawal incident, which happened late on June 19, shots were fired at the home of an innocent family in an apparent case of mistaken identity. The front door of the home, which used to be the residence of a Comancheros member, was also set on fire. No injuries were reported. The following week, on June 28, police said two men burst into a house in Calwell and fired several shots in an attack police believe to be bikie-related. One bullet hit a man in the hand and another ripped through walls, missing a sleeping neighbour by about a metre. The attackers set three cars on fire as they left the house, which a woman and small child were also inside at the time, before firing shots at a second house on the same street. On July 5, Taskforce Nemesis detectives published CCTV footage of a stolen silver Toyota Prado with ACT registration YIM27R that they believe to be involved in the incident. While there had not been incidents on the same scale since the Calwell shooting, Assistant Commissioner Saunders told ABC radio she remained concerned about violent bikies. "I guess the concern for us is that it could happen at any time and any place," she said. Four bikie gangs are now operating in the ACT; the Finks set up recently to join the Rebels, Comancheros and Nomads. Assistant Commissioner Saunders said the Finks were already involved in concerning, violent incidents, having been part of a three-on-three brawl in Tuggeranong on July 6. CCTV footage of a wild brawl at the Capital Men's Club in Fyshwick, played in court earlier this month, sparked a fresh push for anti-consorting laws, a crime management tool designed to make it difficult for members of outlaw motorcycle gangs to meet with each other. Paea Talakai was jailed last week for his part in the melee, which erupted in the early hours of August 20 last year as members of the Comancheros gathered in Canberra for the club's "memorial run". The assistant commissioner told ABC radio she was continuing to speak to the territory government about ACT Policing's desire for anti-consorting laws, but that the government had made it very clear they weren't on the agenda. The government, which has resisted calls for anti-consorting laws because of human rights concerns, confirmed to Fairfax Media earlier this month that it remained opposed to the measures.

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