Homicide Squad detectives investigating the alleged fatal shooting of Bol Deng in Fairfield earlier this year have charged a man with accessory to murder.
Just after 8.30am on Tuesday 27 February 2024, officers attached to Fairfield City Police Area Command were called to Stella Street in Fairfield Heights following reports of a shooting.
On arrival, police found the body of a man unresponsive on the street.
He has since been identified as 20-year-old Bol Deng.
A crime scene was established and forensically examined, and State Crime Command's Homicide Squad took carriage of the investigation under Strike Force Gaul.
Following extensive inquiries, about 6.40am yesterday (Thursday 12 December 2024), strike force detectives – with assistance from Raptor Squad and Bass Hill Region Enforcement Squad – executed two search warrants in Auburn.
At one of the warrants, detectives arrested a 25-year-old man. He was taken to Bankstown Police Station, where he was charged with accessory before the fact to murder, possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority, participate in a criminal group and fail to comply digital evidence access order direction.
He was refused bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court today (Friday 13 December 2024).
Police will allege in court the man was hired to arrange the cars and loaded the gun which killed Bol Deng.
Investigations under Strike Force Gaul continue.
