The Aporia · ‘Trail of evidence’: Teens charged over mistaken identity murder of innocent student

Jack Gramenz

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🔮 “Detectives will allege in court the three males – one allegedly armed with a pistol – entered the home and confronted Mr Tapia, before he was fatally shot,” NSW Police said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Two teenagers have been charged over the botched organised crime killing of an innocent university student at his family’s Sydney home, including a 14-year-old allegedly hospitalised with burn injuries resulting from attempts to destroy a getaway car. uncertain

teenagers → charge → car

Marco Tapia, 23, was shot dead in his bed after a group of assailants stormed the Glen Alpine house in the early hours of September 1. asserted

group → shoot → September

Police have since confirmed the wrong address had been targeted. asserted

address → confirm → ?

Homicide detectives raided two homes in Fairfield about 10am on Wednesday and arrested two boys, aged 14 and 16, alleging the teens staged vehicles and provided the weapon. asserted

teens → raid → weapon

The pair have each been charged with murder, participating in a criminal group to contribute to criminal activity, possessing an unauthorised prohibited firearm and two counts of driving a vehicle without the consent of the owner. asserted

pair → charge → owner

The 14-year-old boy was also charged with damaging a property by fire or explosion. asserted

boy → charge → fire

Homicide Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Joe Doueihi said the incident bore all the hallmarks of an organised crime killing, except the victim had nothing to do with Sydney’s underworld conflict. asserted

victim → say → conflict

“The Tapia family, and Marco are innocent people, innocent parties, and were not the intended target of this offence,” he said. asserted

he → intend → offence

Doueihi said the two teens were vulnerable, young and naive, but knew where their alleged actions were leading, and were significantly involved in Tapia’s death. asserted

actions → say → death

He said, “it wasn’t very difficult” for police to track down the pair. asserted

police → say → pair

“They were, if I can use the word, very clumsy,” Doueihi said. asserted

Doueihi → use → word

“They left a trail of evidence behind … the 14-year-old offender, as he attempted to burn the kill car, burnt himself in the process and ended up in hospital.” asserted

he → leave → hospital

The boys did not apply for bail at Parramatta Children’s Court on Thursday and were remanded in custody to return to court on November 13. asserted

boys → apply → November

Doueihi said the teenagers’ parents “were devastated and had no idea what was going on”. asserted

what → say → idea

“Unfortunately, young men are being targeted,” he said. asserted

he → target → ?

“They’re easily lured by the thrill and the financial incentive, but you know that’s a short-term gain for significantly long-term consequences.” asserted

that → lure → consequences

The Minns government last week announced new legislation to target organised crime networks and deter children from being lured by offshore kingpins contracting them for crimes. asserted

government → announce → crimes

The laws expand the list of serious children’s indictable offences that can result in adult sentences, to include those linked to organised crime such as firebombings. asserted

that → expand → firebombings

“The age of the people who’ve been accused of these offences is worrying for everybody in our community,” NSW Premier Chris Minns said in response to the two teens being charged. asserted

Minns → accuse → teens

Minns said his thoughts were with the Tapia family: “I can only imagine, to have a son who’s done absolutely nothing wrong, living his life, and be killed in his bedroom.” asserted

who → say → bedroom

Tapia was in his third year of a biomedical engineering degree at the University of Technology Sydney, where he had won awards and volunteered for Engineers Without Borders. asserted

he → win → Borders

His only known brush with the law was a minor traffic offence. asserted

brush → know → law

Marco’s parents, Sergio and Claudia Tapia, recounted the “nightmare” attack that claimed their son’s life, telling A Current Affair on Monday the violent onslaught happened “so fast”. asserted

onslaught → recount → Monday

“I remember him taking his final breath,” Claudia said. asserted

Claudia → remember → breath

“There was hate that came to our house.” asserted

that → be → house

Police are still looking for the people who invaded the Glen Alpine home and pulled the trigger. asserted

who → look → trigger

“It’s looking quite good, I can’t say anything further than that, but it is being progressed,” Doueihi said. asserted

Doueihi → look → that

Joshua Macdonald, 40, was shot dead at a home in Merrylands West the day after Tapia was killed, in another case police believe was mistaken identity amid Sydney’s escalating gangland war. asserted

police → shoot → war

Jimmy Schulz, 18, has been remanded in custody after being charged with murder on Friday for allegedly conducting drone surveillance a couple of streets away from the home where Macdonald was shot. uncertain

Macdonald → remand → home

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news → know → ?

‘Trail of evidence’: Teens charged over mistaken identity murder of innocent student

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