"Officers from the Cumberland Police Area Command with the assistance of State Crime Command, Homicide Squad attended and established a crime scene which will be examined by specialised forensic officers," the statement said. A report will be prepared for the coroner. Eddy Street has been the scene of several shootings in the past. In one instance, gunmen shot at a home that Mouhamed and Sleiman Tajjour, cousins of Kings Cross nightclub identity John Ibrahim, previously lived in. An innocent family narrowly missed being hit. Months earlier, the home was sprayed with nine bullets. It's not clear if the latest shooting on Friday is related however it occurred on a different stretch of Eddy Street.

Police on Saturday morning extended the crime scene to the Eddy Street section that turns into a cul-de-sac. On Saturday morning, two riot squad cars headed in and out of the crime scene multiple times. A resident, who didn't want to be identified, said she and her family were near a window when they heard a gunshot and then a woman screaming. "I looked out of the window and I just saw the man lying," she said. "I have no idea who was fighting, there were lots of voices, lots of men around there but I didn't want to look."

Three elderly neighbours said they later saw a helicopter and police cars but were told to stay inside. A male resident of 15 years said despite the many shootings in his street, he wasn't too concerned about his safety. "There have been shootings here before but it's none of my own business I just try and do my own thing," he said. "I just keep to myself it's better that way."