SYDNEY (XINHUA) – A male was charged yesterday after he fatally shot a woman and seriously injured one man in the Australian state of Queensland.
Police were called to the Robb Place address in South Mackay just after 4.30pm on Wednesday.
A woman was found deceased at the scene and a man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Queensland Police, the 34-year-old South Mackay woman was sitting in a parked vehicle, when she was approached by the 31-year-old South Mackay man armed with a firearm.
It was believed that the duo were not known to each other but resided on the same street.
There were two children inside the vehicle when the incident occurred. They ran away from the scene on foot and were not physically harmed.
Police noted that a 66-year-old man, who lived nearby, approached the man a short time later and was also shot.
He sustained non-life-threatening wounds to the hand and sternum, before being taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.
At approximately 5.20pm on Wednesday, police made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA), as the shooter fled the scene in a car.
He was later taken into custody at a service station along the Bruce Highway near Hilton Street, with the PSPA revoked on Wednesday evening.
