A man killed in a shooting in Sydney's southwest was a victim of a conflict between two warring crime families.
Police urged the families to sort out their differences after 34-year-old Bilal Taha was found lying outside a home in Condell Park and later died in hospital.
Sunday night's attack was the third shooting incident between the two families in the Bankstown area.
"I'd like to reaffirm that the death of this person in a very violent and targeted shooting was as a direct result of a current conflict between two families," Superintendent Steve Eardley said on Monday.
"The community and the police have had enough of this violence.
"We cannot tolerate his type of behaviour in our community.
"This has happened in a quiet suburban street."
Supt Eardley said there had been "significant criminal activity" from both families.
"We believe this current dispute is a direct result of this criminal activity," he added.
"The patriarchs and the matriarchs of these families need to pull these families in line. Enough is enough. There has been enough bloodshed, there has been enough loss of life."
He said the conflict has been going on for around two months but wouldn't comment on reports that the victim's mother saw her son shot.
Investigators have been told a car drove from the scene shortly after the shooting at about 6.10pm and they want anyone with information about the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.
In a separate incident four hours later, several shots were fired at a property in Kibo Road at Regents Park.
Police believe two men drove to the house and spoke to occupants outside the home and a number of shots were fired before the pair drove away.
There were no reports of injuries, but a woman in her 50s and a teenage girl were treated for shock.
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