Reece Fakhr arrested in connection with fatal shooting of 11-year-old

Reece Fakhr, 18, has been arrested at Sydney International Airport by strike force detectives and the Australian Federal Police while allegedly attempting to leave the country. Police claim Fakhr is a key figure in the Coconut Cartel organized criminal network.

The arrest follows a fatal shooting at the Moda apartment complex in Norwest, where an 11-year-old boy was shot in the face. Investigators believe the child may have been among several people handling an illegal firearm when it discharged inside the apartment last month. The boy died in the hospital two days later.

Detectives reportedly discovered incriminating evidence on a mobile phone left at the scene of the shooting. Fakhr faces 10 charges, including conspiracy to murder, kidnapping, arson, directing a criminal group, and supplying a pistol.