An 18-year-old has been charged with murder in Sydney (Australia's largest city) after police alleged he used a drone to assist in a fatal shooting that killed Joshua Macdonald, 40, at his home in the suburb of Merrylands West on 2 September — a man with no links to organised crime who is believed to have been killed in a case of mistaken identity. Detectives seized and forensically examined the drone, uncovering evidence linking the teenager to the killing; he was also arrested while operating a drone, raising further concern among police about ongoing criminal surveillance activity. The case is at least the fifth suspected mistaken identity killing in the state of New South Wales since May 2025, with authorities expressing concern that overseas criminal figures are outsourcing attacks to local teenagers.