Three people have been injured in a “shockingly brazen” daylight shooting on a Sydney street.

Authorities responded to reports of the shooting outside M Brothers kebab shop on South Parade, Auburn, about 1.15pm on Monday.

Police said a 26-year-old man was shot in the arm and shoulder, another man was shot in the face and a 50-year-old woman had been shot twice in the torso.

All were initially treated by paramedics and then taken to hospital.

Acting Commissioner Peter Thurtell said the man who was shot in the face was “in a bad way”. The woman is believed to be an employee from the kebab shop.

The 26-year-old man is on bail and had reported to police just an hour earlier. Thurtell said the man was believed to have escaped two earlier attempts on his life.

“I’ve got no doubt that he did expect it. We have spoken to him as recently as Friday, where he expressed concern about the previous attempts on his life,” he said.

A crime scene has been set up and roads closed.

The incident, the latest in spate of public shootings in Sydney, took place opposite Auburn railway station.

Local business owner Ashim Shresdha said he heard several gunshots.

“I heard five gunshots noise and then after about five seconds, another two shots,” he told the ABC.

Shresdha said he saw two gunmen wearing black balaclavas get into a black Audi that then sped away.

“We saw two guys running across the road to where their car was parked at the bus stop. I saw one guy masked with a gun in his hand,” he said.

“After about 10 seconds another guy ran out to him, and they left.”

Video of the crime scene posted to social media shows a victim being loaded into an ambulance by paramedics.

“This is shockingly brazen, and NSW Police Force investigators are already hunting down those responsible,” NSW Premier Chris Minns said.

“People committing this kind of violence can expect to be arrested, charged, and to spend years inside small jail cells.”

Police Minister Yasmin Catley said the injured woman was just trying to do her job.

“I have to say, it’s one thing for criminals to be shooting each other. But when innocent people get caught up in this, it is absolutely
abhorrent. And we will not tolerate it,” he said.

She said such violence had “no place in our community”.

“It’s horrifying, it’s unacceptable and it shakes the sense of safety we all deserve,” she said.

The investigation will be overseen by mega police task force dubbed Falcon. It was set up in late May after nine shootings between warring criminal gangs since the start of summer.

Some 100 detectives join another 50 officers in the sprawling task force.

Catley said the taskforce had already made 23 arrests.

“My message to anyone out there who is going to be doing these … shootings on our streets – the police will get you and they will lock you up for a very long time, as they should,” she said.

In the most devastating public shooting, innocent plumber John Versace was executed in his driveway in a case of mistaken identity.

Police are still searching for the men behind the 23-year-old’s murder on May 19.

-with AAP