A boy has died in hospital three days after being shot in the face at an apartment, as police investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Paramedics on Monday afternoon rushed the 11-year-old to hospital with gunshot wounds to his face and neck from a unit in Sydney’s Hills District, and on Thursday night police were told he had died from his injuries.
Police said they were met at the unit in Norwest on Monday by the victim, four 18-year-old men and a 44-year-old woman.
Three men were arrested before one was charged with concealing a serious indictable offence and two were released pending further inquiries.
Several witnesses are believed to have been at the unit before police arrived, and police were investigating possible organised crime links among those present.
''A number of individuals that were inside the unit at the time are well known to NSW Police and their association with organised crime is being considered,'' Superintendent Naomi Moore said on Tuesday.
''We do not know, and we are not eliminating any possibility about how this tragic situation happened.''
Investigations have so far failed to turn up a weapon.
In response to questioning on Tuesday, Supt Moore said she would not suggest there was a ''gunman, so to speak'' that police were looking for.
The nature of the gathering in the unit remained a line of police inquiry.
The two men arrested and released might still face further police scrutiny.
The man charged with concealing an indictable offence faced court on Tuesday and will remain behind bars until his case returns to court in October.
