Parents whose children were inside a primary school classroom in Sydney’s southwest when a bullet smashed through a window have vented their frustrations as police ramp up their investigation.
Year one and two students were inside their classroom at Macquarie Fields Public School on Tuesday when a bullet broke through glass before being stopped by a blind shortly after midday.
Concerned parents told the media on Wednesday they were frustrated by a school letter sent out after the incident which did not include any reference to the bullet, instead only referencing a “projectile”.
“I am absolutely mortified,” one mother told 9 News.
“I can’t comprehend that it has happened at all
“I am petrified for my daughter to go to school now.
“I kind of feel like America is coming to Sydney.”
Shams Rahman told The Daily Telegraph his seven-year-old daughter was in the classroom during the incident.
“(My daughter) was explaining there was a big noise, and she had to move to a different classroom,” he said.
“I was a bit worried … I did not ask more about it because she did not understand a lot.
“She was scared but as kids they don’t know everything.”
Mr Rahman told the Sydney paper the school needed more security.
“For the amount of kids they have, we need more security,” he said.
The school was not placed into lockdown during or after the incident.
NSW Police have confirmed no one was injured in the shooting and that officers were now investigating who fired the bullet.
A ballistics team was brought in on Wednesday to examine the round to determine what type of firearm it was fired from.
Detective superintendent Grant Healey slammed the shooting as a “totally reckless act”.
“For the little kids at the time, they just heard a smashed window,” Mr Healey said.
“Early investigations revealed the projectile might have come from some distance away.”
The shooting came days after a 15-year-old boy allegedly fired multiple bullets at a Two Rocks school north of Perth.