The alleged shooter and the organiser of the 2013 murder of Johnny Salafia have been arrested.
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As a result of further inquiries, a 42-year-old Ulladulla man was arrested at Sydney International Airport, about 8.30am today.
The man, who is also an alleged member of the Rebels OMCG, was taken to Mascot Police Station, where he is expected to be charged with murder.
Shortly after the arrest, investigators executed a search warrant at a home at on McDonald Parade, Burrill Lake, where they seized items relevant to the investigation.
“In 2013 John Salafia was shot and killed at the front door of his Kings Point home,” NSW Police State Crime Command Homicide Squad Detective Chief Inspector Mark Henney said at a press conference in Ulladulla earlier today, November 24.
“The last few days saw a substantial phase in this investigation with the arrest of two men. One man the shooter and one man the organiser of that murder.”
DCI Henney said the investigation was far from over.
“There are a number of other people who were involved who were present at the time of the murder, or assisted before and after the murder,” he said.
“This includes people who assisted in disposing of the vehicle used in the murder.”
The investigation will now focus on people connected to the murder, DCI Henney said.
“We know there are people out there in the community who have information about this murder,” he said.
“We continue to appeal to those people who may have been reluctant to come forward, to speak to police and provide information on this murder.”
DCI Henney said the Salafia family were receiving regular updates on the investigation and arrests.
“[The family] are very distraught and very happy there has been some breakthroughs in the investigation,” he said.
Mr Salafia was shot at point-blank range on Sunday, June 23, 2013 on the front doorstep of his home, shortly after he returned home from the movies with his family.
Two of his children were asleep inside the house at the time.
Police and emergency services were called to the home on Kings Point Drive at 10.30pm following reports of a shooting.
On arrival, officers located the body of the 38-year-old at the front door of his home.
Mr Salafia had been shot in the head and chest.
Robert John Stewart McCloskey, 42, was arrested early yesterday morning, November 23, and charged with murder.
In a dawn raid at a home in Surfside just north of Batemans Bay police arrested McCloskey, an alleged member of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang.
He did not apply for bail when he appeared before Magistrate Doug Dick in Batemans Bay Local Court and it was formally refused.
McCloskey will appear in Nowra Court on January 17, 2018.
At present, there is no court date set for the second person arrested.