her cousin.

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She said she was rattled and shocked by the murders of both her husband and her cousin.

"I don't know how, I don't know why, I don't know what all this means," she said on Wednesday morning.

Police at the scene ... Bachir Arja was killed in a shooting at Punchbowl. Photo: Peter Rae

Police said there were no obvious links between the two shootings despite the family relationship.

Mr Arja, who had become engaged two months ago, is believed to have been shot in the head and died at the scene.

A friend told Fairfax Media the victim had been at home, where he lived with his widow mother, Malake Arja, when he received a telephone call to come outside.

Police tape off Owen Street after the shooting. Photo: Peter Rae

Mrs Arjatold the friend that she yelled out to him "what's that sound?" and when she received no answer she went outside and saw him lying out the front of the house covered in blood.

Detective Superintendent Michael McLean said the victim was known to police, but there was nothing in the initial investigation to suggest he had any gang affiliations.

"We know that the male was inside the house ... shortly before the incident and something certainly alerted him to go to the front of the property," Superintendent McLean said.

"Upon leaving the front door of his premises, that male was shot a number of times and unfortunately fatally wounded.

"He was shot when he was entirely outside the front of his house, but certainly within the confines of the property."

Mr Arja's