Man shot dead outside Sydney gym in front of 12-year-old son

Police say assailants shot man multiple times in chest as his son sat in passenger seat of car outside martial arts gym in ‘egregious, violent act’

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A man has been shot dead in front of his 12-year-old son during a drive-by shooting in south-west Sydney.

Police said the 40-year-old man was outside the Elite Fight Force mixed martial arts gym in Sefton just after 6.30am on Thursday when the killers struck.

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