A gunman is on the run as two men fight for life in hospital following a shooting at Surfers Paradise on Queensland‘s Gold Coast in the early hours of Monday morning.
The victims, a 44-year-old man and a 21-year-old man, were rushed to Gold Coast University hospital with serious injuries where they remain in a critical condition.
The 44-year-old man was found with cuts across his body including his leg, back and neck while the 21-year-old was discovered with a gunshot wound to his stomach and groin.
The younger victim was also slashed across his back.
Investigators hunting the gunman say he was known to the victims and well-known to police.
The 38-year-old suspect allegedly fled the scene in a white Mazda hatchback before police arrived to give the two wounded men first aid.
Police also located a firearm at the property and a major crime scene was declared.
Gold Coast police superintendent Peter Miles said the gunman remained on the loose and urged him to surrender.
A gunman is on the run as two men fight for life in hospital following a shooting at Surfers Paradise on Queensland ‘s Gold Coast in the early hours of Monday morning
‘We have a fair idea of who we’re looking for,’ he told ABC Gold Coast on Monday morning.
‘The appeal is for that gentleman to give himself up. This isn’t going away, this is attempted murder.
‘A person’s running around the Gold Coast armed with firearms … it’s not going to fly.
‘We just need you to come in and give yourself up and we’ll deal with you from there on in.’
Supt Miles said the incident happened after two men intervened in a dispute in a neighbouring unit, which had then ‘spilled out into a common area’.
Investigations remain ongoing.
Any witnesses or anyone with relevant CCTV or dashcam vision is urged to contact police.
More to come.