Second shotgun murder charge over Brisbane man gunned down in street
A 26-year-old man will face a Brisbane court charged with murder over a shooting death in the front yard of a suburban home.
Police are seen at the scene of a fatal shooting in Oxley. (AAP Image/Darren England)
Police arrested the man last Thursday as part of an operation that allegedly led them to a drug lab in Mackenzie, in Brisbane’s southeast.
He has now been charged with one count each of murder and unlawful use of a motor vehicle and will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.
It follows the court appearance of a 30-year-old East Brisbane man on Saturday, also charged with murder.
The alleged victim, 38, died after being struck once in the chest at close range at a home in Cliveden Avenue, Oxley in the early hours of Tuesday.
Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham initially alleged four men and a woman armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, and potentially a handgun, were involved in the attack.
“The male deceased was struck at very close range and we believe the weapon involved was a 12-gauge shotgun,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
Police confirmed on Saturday they were still looking for two male suspects as investigations continued into the Inala man’s death.
