Police have scoured remote north Queensland cattle country for the “killer or killers” responsible for an early morning shooting that left three dead and one injured.
The sole survivor of a deadly shooting in a remote area north of Mackay was in a serious but stable condition in hospital on Thursday night as police tried to determine who was responsible.
A Queensland police spokeswoman on Thursday night said the people were assisting with inquiries to determine whether they had any involvement in the shooting. Investigations were ongoing, she said. A stills from footage at the scene where three people died and a man was injured following the shooting.After providing police with vague information as to what had taken place, the man was airlifted by rescue hospital to Mackay Base Hospital in a critical condition.
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