'Too wild for his own good': Suspected gangland trigger man gunned down in Sydney

By Ava Benny-Morrison, Rachel Olding and Nick Ralston
Updated October 26 2016 - 8:09pm, first published October 25 2016 - 8:34pm
Police at the scene of Tuesday's fatal shooting. Photo: TNV News
Police at the scene of Tuesday's fatal shooting. Photo: TNV News
A distraught friend or relative is comforted at the scene in Sturt Avenue. Photo: TNV News
A distraught friend or relative is comforted at the scene in Sturt Avenue. Photo: TNV News
Crime figure Walid "Wally" Ahmad, who was killed outside Bankstown Central shopping centre in April. Photo: Supplied
Crime figure Walid "Wally" Ahmad, who was killed outside Bankstown Central shopping centre in April. Photo: Supplied
Hamad Assaad, 29, was a key suspect in the shooting of Wally Ahmad at a Bankstown shopping centre. Photo: Supplied
Hamad Assaad, 29, was a key suspect in the shooting of Wally Ahmad at a Bankstown shopping centre. Photo: Supplied
The crime scene after Tuesday morning's shooting. Photo: TNV News
The crime scene after Tuesday morning's shooting. Photo: TNV News
Georges Hall shooting vicitm Hamad Assaad (right) Photo: Supplied
Georges Hall shooting vicitm Hamad Assaad (right) Photo: Supplied
Wally Elriche the former bodyguard of Salim Mehajer at the scene of Tuesday's shooting Photo: Supplied
Wally Elriche the former bodyguard of Salim Mehajer at the scene of Tuesday's shooting Photo: Supplied
Georges Hall shooting vicitm Hamad Assaad. Photo: Facebook
Georges Hall shooting vicitm Hamad Assaad. Photo: Facebook

Six months after standover man Walid "Wally" Ahmad was gunned down in a brazen and very public execution, the man suspected of pulling the trigger has suffered a similar fate.

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