By Brittany Chain for Daily Mail Australia
The teenager who was fatally stabbed during a brawl at the Easter Show was about to become a father.
Taylor Piliae, 18, announced through her younger sister that she was expecting a baby with her late 17-year-old boyfriend Uati ‘Pele‘ Faletolu.
Faletolu was allegedly fatally stabbed in the chest during a brawl while he was working at the Easter Show on Monday night.
There are fears a postcode gang war between rival western Sydney gangs, the 67 and the 27, may have sparked the melee.
Ms Piliae wrote ‘can’t wait to meet you mini Pele’ alongside her ultrasound video.
The announcement confirms speculation after Faletolu’s untimely death that he was due to be a father.
‘The rumours are true,’ Ms Piliae’s sister Bree said. ‘My beautiful sister has been blessed with his baby. Congratulations big sis with you every step of the way.’
The post was flooded with messages of congratulations, with some calling it a ‘miracle’ that she’s been left with ‘a little piece of her love’.
‘That was his biggest goal, to become a dad,’ another said.
Friends of the 17-year-old victim warned his death could further escalate tensions between the rival western Sydney gangs.
Members of the two groups, 67 from Doonside and 27 from Mount Druitt, reportedly had an altercation near the adult section of the show about 8pm before it descended into an all-out brawl.
Police are yet to formally identify a suspect and believe the attacker may still be on the run.
The victim’s 15-year-old brother has been charged with affray and carrying a knife. He has not been charged relating to his death and will face Parramatta Children’s Court on Tuesday afternoon.
The boy was allegedly seen on viral footage sitting on the ground in handcuffs after the melee.
Distressed friends and relatives of Faletolu and the 15-year-old have spoken out to clear up false rumours that the teenager has been charged over his brother’s death.
Instead, the charges relate to the alleged brawl.
‘Now a mum has to find out she lost a son. For what? An area you don’t own,’ one critic said online.
Superintendent Danielle Emerton, from the Auburn Police Area Command, would not rule out the possibility the attack was motivated by postcode wars.
Instead, she suggested it could have been a ‘planned confrontation’ between the groups.
‘We’re trying to piece it together. It’s a tragic, senseless act. This is a family event and the fact that someone has bought a knife into the show is upsetting,’ she said.
‘There were two groups involved in the affray incident where there was a knife involved. So we are looking at additional people that were involved in last night’s attack.
‘Someone knows who has done this.’
Faletolu was rushed to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition but later died. He’d been stabbed in the chest while working at the show.
Paramedics were called to a busy strip inside the Sydney Royal Easter Show about 8pm Monday night amid reports of a brawl between two groups of young men.
At least two teenagers were stabbed; the victim and a 16-year-old boy who remains in hospital in a stable condition with wounds to his leg.
Police confirmed in a press conference on Tuesday morning at least one suspect remains on the run. A strike force has been established to identify any other people involved in the brawl.
Daily Mail Australia revealed on Tuesday Faletolu was an employee of the carnival and had been for at least two years.
He was on his break midway through his shift when he reportedly went to meet some friends, including his younger brother, who were attending the show.
Just a day before his death, the victim shared a video at work pouting at the camera with the caption: ‘When you wish ur gf worked at the Easter Show again with u’.
He was working the Break Dance ride inside the adult section of the carnival. The ride is near a thoroughfare which is often congested and brimming with people.
Friends and colleagues have described him as a ‘great guy’ who always made shifts fun.
‘Was a blessing working with you at the show,’ one friend said.
‘He had his whole life ahead of him… This never should have happened.’
While campaigning in western Sydney on Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he was ‘distressed’ to learn of the teen’s death.
‘I would say to the family of those who have lost their son, my heart goes out to you. Your hearts must be shattered and broken,’ he said.
‘I would be asking all parents, obviously, to be taking care and making sure their kids are doing the right thing and making sure they’re staying safe and being very aware of their surroundings.’
Footage circulated to social media showed two men brawling in the middle of the carnival.
The taller of the pair tried to send his knee into the other’s head as he was driven backwards before landing a series of punches in his abdomen.
The smaller man retaliated by driving him backwards into a set of garbage bins before the taller man was joined by another who also began to swing his fists.
NSW Ambulance Inspector Mark Whittaker said by the time paramedics arrived the victim was already suffering a cardiac arrest as a direct result of the chest wound.
‘Paramedics performed CPR and a number of other critical interventions at the scene before loading the patient for transport to Westmead Hospital, unfortunately despite best efforts he couldn’t be resuscitated,’ he said.
Showgoers were moved out of the carnival area as officers established a crime scene.
