AUSTRALIA. Queensland: Police have closed down an area of rural Queensland as they are investigating a shooting incident. Emergency services report that the shooter is still at large after shooting four people.
Several people were reportedly injured in a shooting in Bogie, northwest of Mackay, on Thursday morning.
Under the Public Safety Preservation Act, an emergency has been declared, enabling police to set up an evacuation zone.
Authorities have so far established that one guy was discovered with a gunshot wound. The patient was flown to Mackay base hospital by an RACQ rescue helicopter.
“One male has been located some distance from the property and is currently being treated for a gunshot wound,” police said on Twitter.
“Police are currently conducting emergency operations in the area and requesting members of the public and aircraft not to attend the location.”
According to a Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman, the incident was initially reported to them via phone at 8:54 am on Thursday.
Although the incident was initially believed to have occurred in Bogie, a small rural community nearby, the police described the scene as being close to Collinsville.
A local claimed that she learned of the shooting at around 11 am when she got a call from a neighbor who reported “a shooting at the Bogie.”
According to Queensland police, “updates will be released when information is available, but there is no additional detail at this time.”
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