How Queensland shooting survivors escaped

Police say Ross Tighe saw his brother, mother, and stepfather shot Thursday morning when they ran into bushes on the property of Boggy, a small outback mining town in the Whitsundays near Collinsville. claim.

Rancher Marvin Schwartz, his wife Marie, and her 35-year-old son Graham Tai were all shot dead in front of Shannonvale station on a nearby property.

Schwartz was reportedly warned of a feud with a neighbor after purchasing a 30,000-hectare farm for $10 million, but believed he “can handle it.”

“He wasn’t arrogant about it,” said one local resident who asked to remain anonymous. home delivery.

“He would have dealt with different neighbors and found different ways of dealing with these situations.

“He said, ‘I’m done with the research… I think I can handle it.'”

The only survivor, Ross, frantically fled the scene after being shot in the stomach, hiding in bushes before running again to hide.

He then drove the red farm ute for 40 kilometers to alert people at another facility.

Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Tom Armitt said Thursday: “The man believes he was able to withdraw from the area when he was spoken to by police officers miles from the scene of the crime.

“He had fled the scene…he was able to tell the police that he had been shot and that three others had also been shot.”

Police said he fled the scene in a red Ute before contacting authorities.

Ross, who has two daughters, was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in critical condition and underwent emergency surgery.

He is currently in critical but stable condition in intensive care.

Police were able to interview him Thursday night and were expected to speak to him again on Friday.

His brother, Graham Tye, 3 days with my newborn son Before shooting. The baby had just returned home after he spent three weeks in a hospital in Brisbane.

A 59-year-old man was identified as home delivery Long-term Bogey resident Darryl Young has been charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

He appears in Proserpine Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Police say the weapon used in the shooting was a rifle.

“At approximately 9:00 a.m., police would allegedly have received reports that three people had been shot dead and another man had a gunshot wound to the abdomen on the property on Shannonvale Street,” police said in a statement. said.