Nightmare week of crime leaves police fed up Busy days: Police and forensic officials near the scene of a double shooting in Westleigh. Police are "fed up" with gun saturation in Sydney after one of the worst weeks of crime in NSW history. A sleep-deprived acting Assistant Commissioner Arthur Katsogiannis said it was one of the worst weeks police had experienced, with five deaths and seven public-place shootings in which eight people were wounded. The week began with the stabbing death of a woman in a western Sydney unit block and ended with a drive-by shooting at Smithfield that left four men critically injured. Fed up: Acting Assistant Commissioner Arthur Katsogiannis. Photo: Peter Morris "It's certainly one of the worst crime weeks we've had on record," Mr Katsogiannis said. Of course we are fed up and I think the community is fed up with it. While the tragic deaths were a concern, Mr Katsogiannis was keen to point out that three of the deaths were "domestic-related." There is nothing to indicate other than just an anomaly and a coincidence that these have all occurred at the same time. Victim: Kate Malonyay was found strangled in her Mosman unit. NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson was quick to jump on the week's horrifying shooting statistics, accusing the government of allowing a culture of gun violence to go unchecked. "From shooting in national parks to shooting in Sydney streets, the O'Farrell government is letting guns take over NSW," he said. Police Minister Michael Gallacher hit back, stating: "For 16 years, Labor was a disgraceful government and while we deliver the reforms to tackle crime, they can only kick cops and scare the public." Despite the frustrating week for police, the number of public place shootings has dropped - there were 34 in April last year compared with 10 recorded this month. Mr Katsogiannis confirmed last April had the highest number of public place shootings on record, adding that efforts by officers attached to Operation Apollo and Spartan had reduced that number despite last week's shootings. Police are still hunting for a man seen leaving a unit block where a woman was found dead in a stairwell after her front door was set on fire on Parkes Avenue at Werrington last Sunday. The next day, police found the bruised body of finance industry executive Kate Malonyay, 32, in her harbourside unit at Mosman. Two days later, her former boyfriend, Elliott Coulson, fell to his death from the 26th floor balcony of a Gold Coast hotel after police arrived to question him. Sydneysiders had only one day this week without news of a death. Police were confronted by the horrifying stabbing death of a mother and daughter in their Auburn home on Wednesday. The body of suspect Hong Rui Fu, 28, was found on train tracks in the southern highlands two days after the death of his wife, Doris Yan, 26, and her 49-year-old mother, Yu Ling Yan. "We believe this individual was responsible for the murders at Auburn," Mr Katsogiannis said. The gun shots and bloodshed did not stop for Anzac Day. Two men who lived on the same street died after what police are treating as a murder-suicide at Westleigh. On Friday, up to 15 bullets were sprayed at a home in The Horsley Drive, Smithfield. Police are also investigating links to an earlier incident on Monday in which two men suffered gunshot wounds on the same road at Fairfield. Mr Katsogiannis said it had been a tragic week for all involved, including his officers. Police are human beings as well. We get affected by some of the crime scenes we go to, and while we are trained, we are never trained enough to be able to deal with the gruesome sights that we see. Six days of mayhem SUNDAY Body of a woman found by emergency services attending a unit block fire at Werrington; she had been stabbed. Shots fired in Condell Park. MONDAY Kate Malonyay found strangled in her Mosman unit. Ex-boyfriend Elliott Coulson named a suspect. Falls to his death from a Surfers Paradise balcony, after a police confrontation on Wednesday. Two men wounded, Fairfield. Shots fired into parked car, Willoughby. TUESDAY Man and woman found dead in Woolloomooloo. Deaths not suspicious. WEDNESDAY Doris Yan and her mother, Yu Ling Yan, found stabbed to death in their Auburn home. Suspect Hong Rui Fu found dead in southern highlands on Friday. THURSDAY Two men found dead with gunshot wounds in Westleigh; suspected murder-suicide. At least five bullets fired at house, Arncliffe. FRIDAY Man shot in face at central coast hotel. Man shot in knee as he walks with girlfriend in Burwood. Four men injured in drive-by shooting, Smithfield