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Subscriber only A man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly drove over a Sunshine Coast woman repeatedly at Caboolture. Initial information suggests just after 11pm on Saturday the 27-year-old man drove to a Namatjira Court home in a white Nissan Patrol and allegedly performed a burnout in the backyard. Police say when a 47-year-old Peachester woman went to confront the driver, he allegedly drove over her multiple times and she suffered significant injuries to her left leg and foot. It s alleged he then drove over property before ramming a car. Another woman at the home, aged 42, used another vehicle to reverse into the man s Patrol.
04:10 EDT, 18 April 2021
The victim of a double-shooting and his alleged killer have been identified as the deceased father s family attempt to raise $10,000 to bring his body home to New Zealand.
Daytona James, 23, was allegedly gunned down alongside a 37-year-old man at a townhouse on Lower King Street at Caboolture, north of Brisbane, at 5.30pm on Saturday.
Paramedics found the men, both from Burpengary, lying at the front of the complex and transported them to Caboolture Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Police launched a manhunt across the city before arresting Adam Bird, 24, at Cornubia, about 80 kilometres away, at 9pm. He was taken to Caboolture where he was placed in police custody and held for questioning.
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UPDATE: 8.30AM: A young man has been charged with two counts of murder among several other offences after two men were allegedly shot dead at Caboolture. Police were called to a set of units on Lower King Street about 5.15pm on Saturday and located two men suffering from gunshot wounds. The two men, aged 23 and 37, were pronounced dead and a crime scene was established. Witnesses told police a man was allegedly seen leaving the area in a Toyota Yaris. Forensic officers on scene after two men were allegedly killed in Caboolture on Saturday night. Picture: David Clark
19:49 EDT, 17 April 2021
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A suspected gunman has been charged after two people were allegedly killed in a double shooting at a Queensland townhouse.
The men, aged 23 and 37, were allegedly gunned down at the complex on Lower King Street at Caboolture, north of Brisbane, at 5.30pm on Saturday.
Paramedics found the men lying at the front of the complex and transported them to Caboolture Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
The suspected gunman, 24, remained on the run for several hours before he was arrested at Cornubia, about 80 kilometres away, at 9pm.
The men, aged in their 20s and 30s, were allegedly gunned down at the complex on Lower King Street at Caboolture, north of Brisbane, at 5.30pm on Saturday (pictured, paramedics are seen attempting to revive a man at the townhouse complex)