Five people have been charged after a man with alleged links to bikie gangs was shot dead outside his western Sydney home which neighbours say has been overrun by "junkies."
Craig Anderson, 51, was found with four gunshot wounds when police arrived at the Doonside property about 7.30pm on Monday.
He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
About an hour later, specialist officers stopped four vehicles and arrested five men, including Doonside man Jim Dastam, 27, who police say is a member of the Comanchero bikie club.
He was charged on Tuesday with murder and was formally refused bail when his matter was briefly mentioned in Penrith Local Court.
The four other men - aged 22, 27, 28 and 44 - were charged with a variety of offences including participating in a criminal group, possessing an unauthorised pistol and driving while disqualified.
A Glock pistol found in one of the vehicles will undergo forensic and ballistics testing.
Detective Superintendent Scott Cook said Mr Anderson was known to police and had connections to bikie gangs.
Investigators believe the murder relates to an ongoing dispute between individuals and is not related to "bikie club business".
"This is a personal matter that has escalated and escalated unreasonably," Det Supt Cook told reporters on Tuesday.
"This is not a systemic, wider series of violence between bikies."
It's not clear what the original dispute was over.
"No one who is involved in any type of dispute should be murdered," Det Supt Cook said.
Neighbours described Mr Anderson as a "well-respected man" and a "loving person".
"God bless, my thoughts are with his loved ones," one person wrote on Facebook.
"He wasn't a bad bloke."
It's understood Mr Anderson was arrested during a drug raid last year and was pictured at the time being led away by police in handcuffs, according to News Corp Australia.
One member of the Facebook group Doonside Watch and Community group 2767 said the house where the shooting took place had been overrun by "junkies".
"They get on the roof and scream all hours of the day and night, people turn up with baseball bats," the woman, whose family lives on the street, told AAP.
"It used to be a quiet street with kids and adults able to freely walk past. Now it's a fear of being attacked. They're all junkies."
She said she hoped the shooting would lead to evictions from properties on the street.
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