Breaking: Shots fired where gangster's funeral was advertised to be held

Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred at a venue in Punchbowl, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon. The location, Diamond Venues Group on the corner of Punchbowl and Canterbury Road, had been advertised on social media as the site for the funeral of Sydney gangster Lorenzo Lemalu. Lemalu was reportedly shot and killed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on May 2.

However, New South Wales Police confirmed that no funeral was taking place, and no mourners were present at the venue when the shots were fired around 2:20 p.m. An unknown SUV reportedly fired several shots into the venue before driving away from the scene. A person working in a nearby office connected to the building was the only witness.

Shortly after the shooting, police were called to a nearby street, Gillian Place, following reports of a fire. They discovered an abandoned car fully alight. Authorities have established two crime scenes, which initial inquiries suggest are connected. Lemalu's body had returned to Australia earlier in the week. He was identified as the leader of the self-proclaimed "Coconut Cartel."

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found several shots had been fired into a venue by an unknown SUV before it drove from the scene