SYDNEY police want to work with rival gang members to stop a deadly drive-by shooting from escalating into an all-out bikie war.
At least two gunmen riding in a black sedan opened fire on a trio of bikie associates standing in the carpark of a unit block in southeast Sydney on Monday night.
A 37-year-old man was killed and a 25-year-old who was shot in the leg is undergoing surgery.
The third man, who was performing CPR on his fatally injured friend, fled when emergency services arrived at the scene in George Street, Eastlakes.
The homicide squad's Detective Inspector David Laidlaw said the shooting victims were both known to be involved with outlawed bikie gangs. Neither lived at the unit block.
He said the shooting may have been a show of strength or act of retaliation from one rival gang to another, and police were now working to stop any pay-back.
"We are hopeful that we can engage with personnel from both gangs to try to get them to abate any sort of retribution," Det Insp Laidlaw told reporters.
He said detectives want to know whether the shooting is part of a wider turf tussle.
He noted that bikie gangs usually engaged in some sort of criminal activity.
"You always have competition."
Neighbours say trouble had been brewing at the address for months, though none were prepared to give their names.
One said a number of cars had been arriving at the property in recent weeks.
"There's been a group of people who've been coming," she told AAP.
"They would stand around outside and talk."
Another said police had been called to a recent fight in the street and "attended in numbers", while another described multiple cars coming and going at all hours in the formerly quiet street.
Police removed evidence from one unit, and questioned a man who drove a black luxury 4WD into the carpark on Tuesday morning.
The driver later argued with an older woman on the block before speeding away.
Another young man wearing a hoodie was dropped off at the cream brick unit block by a van, which returned to the street moments later to collect him.
Chuxuan Ao, who recently moved to the area from China, told AAP he was studying when he heard shots fired.
"I was doing my homework and chatting with my friend and suddenly I heard about five or six," he told AAP.
"I thought it's not true, I've just made a mistake.
"My landlady told me Sydney is really safe ... Especially this area."
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