Man dies in suburban Sydney shooting - Brisbane Times

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One man is dead and another is fighting for his life after a shooting in a suburban southwestern Sydney house.

Police found the dead man's body at the back of a house in Lumeah Avenue at Punchbowl after receiving reports of multiple shots around 4.10 pm (AEST) on Tuesday.

Another man was found at the front of the home with at least five gunshot wounds and was rushed to St George Hospital.

Both men were shot inside the home, which was being renovated.

A woman who arrived on the scene told AAP she owned the home where the shootings took place.

She declined to comment other than to say the victims were "family friends".

Police do not know the ages of the victims or if they were armed at the time of the incident.

A manhunt for at least two suspects began shortly after the shooting, with the dog squad and police helicopter scouring the area.

"We will be seeking further persons who are believed to have left the premises shortly after the shooting," Superintendent Michael McLean told reporters at the crime scene.

Police have roped off three separate crime scenes, where the shooting took place in Lumeah Avenue, in Christian Road where the incident may have spilled into and nearby Werona Ave where at least two spent shell casings were found on a nature strip.

Police say the offenders may have dropped the spent shell casings in an attempt to discard evidence.

Police at the scene are beginning to allow residents back into their homes.

A neighbour who would only give his name as Lionel spoke to an eyewitness to the incident.

The witness told Lionel that two men arrived at the home where at least three workers were doing renovation work.

"As I understand it there were two shooters with balaclavas," Lionel told AAP.

"They approached the building site where there were three workers, one of whom was shot five times."

Police believe that victim was the man who survived the attack.

"Two men ran off up the street screaming 'call the police, call the police'.

"And they ran into a house around the corner.

"And a girl heard them screaming and she phoned the police."

Dozens of neighbours remain just outside the crime scene.

"I didn't see nothing, I don't say nothing," one man who would not give his name told AAP.

"That's the way it goes around here."

Another young man said the neighbourhood has had its troubles in recent times.

"Someone got their knees capped over there," the man told AAP as he pointed to a house in the adjacent street of Christian Road.

"You can see no one's worried around here. We're used to it."