About 7:45pm on Thursday July 24, 2014, police and ambulance paramedics were called to Comserv Cl in West Gosford after 29-year-old Laurie Starling was shot outside the front of his custom car building business.
Mr Starling died at the scene. Detectives from State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad and Brisbane Water Local Area Command formed Strike Force Zeitz to investigate the death.
The Strike Force appealed for information about three men seen leaving the area in a small, silver-coloured vehicle. As a result of their inquiries, Strike Force Zeitz detectives, assisted by the Tactical Operations Unit, attended a home in Kingswood around 6am on Friday June 19.
There, they arrested the 35-year-old President of the Rebels OMCG Windsor Chapter. He was taken to St Marys Police Station and charged with murder.
He was refused bail, before appearing in Penrith Local Court on Friday June 19. A number of exhibits, including steroids, were seized from the Kingswood home, while officers also seized a number of other items of interest during a search warrant at a property in Quakers Hill.
This follows the arrest of a 29-year-old man at a property in South Windsor about 6am on Thursday April 23. This man was taken to Windsor Police Station, where he was charged with murder; selling fi rearms; and possessing ammunition without authority.
The investigation by Strike Force Zeitz continues, with detectives closely examining the actions of those who allegedly shot Mr Starling as well as the actions of those involved in the organisation of the shooting.
Media release,
19 June 2015
NSW Police media