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In the first shooting, a 50-year-old man was shot in the upper thigh as a car drove past the Sapphire Suite nightclub about 8.40pm.The 50-year-old is believed to be Charlie Saleh, the owner of Sapphire Suite.Two witnesses said they thought a bouncer, or someone standing outside the club, was shot as a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, either silver or gold, drove away.The car was last seen heading towards the city. The victim was taken to St Vincent's Hospital and was in a stable condition.One witness said the hooded gunman leaned out of the car and fired "several" shots. Mr Saleh is the father of Hassan Saleh, a former rugby league player for Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra and the Cronulla Sharks.Hassan is also the club's general manager. He was unavailable for comment this morning.Eight hours later, at 4.20am, three men were walking along Ward Avenue near the corner of Kellett Street when a car pulled up, a man got out and fired at least one shot at the group.The shot misse...