Queensland police say they are questioning three people, including the suspected shooter, over a triple fatality at a cattle property in Bogie in north Queensland.
Police confirmed this morning that the victims and the people being questioned over the shooting were neighbours after three people were found dead on the property near Collinsville on Thursday morning.
Mackay Detective Inspector Tom Armitt said that "the person nominated as the alleged gunman is with us here in custody".
"What we do know is that all parties are neighbours, some conversation has occurred between the parties and resulted in a meeting up at the parties' boundary line earlier that morning when the incident occurred," he said.
Police said they were still working to determine a motive for the shooting.
A man who escaped in a vehicle after being shot in the abdomen was critically wounded and found some distance from the scene.
The three people who died and the injured man are all from the same family but police have not confirmed their identities.
Queensland Health confirmed this morning that the injured man, who was airlifted from the scene to Mackay Base Hospital, was now in a serious but stable condition after undergoing surgery.
Police issued an emergency declaration yesterday under the Public Safety Preservation Act for an area at Shannonvale Road, south-east of Collinsville, which has now been revoked.
Nearby residents have been advised to stay away from the area and multiple crime scenes have been established.
District Superintendent Armitt said police were searching an "extensive" farming area that is "hilly and heavily forested".
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2022-08-04 21:34:50Z
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