Shots fired at North Adelaide restaurant
Police are looking for a gunman who fired shots inside a North Adelaide restaurant last night.
At around 9.40pm on Sunday a hooded man walked into the busy O'Connell St restaurant, and allegedly began shooting at a table of two men, believed to be members of the Commancheros outlaw motorcycle gang.
7News reports one of them was gang-land kingpin, and head of the Commancheros, Vincenzo Focarelli.
It's understood he was the believed target, only after recently being shot at in an attack at Munno Para, in Adelaide's northern suburbs on Thursday night.
Another man inside the restaurant then pulled out a gun and shot the attacker in the leg.
"The person approaching them we believe was known to them," Assistant Police Commissioner, Grant Stevens said.
"That person then ran from the coffee shop and he was followed by the person who fired at him, and further shots were fired in the precinct of O'Connell St."
Terrified diners took cover as the gunman fled, leaving a trail of blood nearby.
Police say it's not a random attack, and the shooting is linked to the shooting of the Commancheros president, Vincenzo Focarelli, last Thursday night.
"We believe that the shooting incident that occurred last week at Munno Para is related to the incident that occurred in O'Connell St last night," he said.
Police wouldn't give away any further details of the case, but say they are looking for a man in his thirties, described as being of European in appearance, who was last seen running west down Tynte St.
Police say they know who both the missing men are, but are yet to make contact with them.
"Both of those people have gone to ground and have not come forward," Assistant Commissioner Stevens said.
"Nobody has presented themselves to a hospital with gunshot injuries."
"But we do believe the person was injured as a result of the discharge if the firearm."
Fourth shooting in eight days
It's the fourth shooting in Adelaide in just over a week.
"There have been several firearms incidents over the last week involving outlaw motorcycle gangs," Assistant Commissioner Stevens said.
"These incidents have resulted in people being shot and other people being put at significant risk, including members of the public."
"Whilst these are serious incidents, which are the subject of ongoing police investigations, I would like to stress that we do not believe at this time that there is a bikie war in place."
South Australian police confirmed they have assigned more resources to the recent spate of shootings, including an extra seven investigators and an intelligence analyst.
