 Good morning everyone. Police have been called to an incident in Silver Eye Circuit at Gilston at about 1.40am this morning. It appears from preliminary investigations into the matter that a male person aged 34 years has been shot and tragically has died from that firearm incident. Inquiries are now being conducted in relation to the circumstances surrounding his death. Pliminary information to hand is that there was a disturbance at a house in the street. It appears that the weapon was discharged in or around the house and that the male person has managed to who died has got approximately 50 metres up the street before passing out being unconscious and unfortunately dying in that position. Ambulance officers attempted to resuscitate him but unfortunately it was to no avail and the male person has died at that location. Homicide investigation has been commenced in relation to the matter. Detectives from Coomera CIB are leading that investigation and being assisted by detectives from the Brisbane Homicide Investigation Unit. At this early stage we're not sure in relation to why the incidents occurred or what is behind the incident but I am happy to answer what questions I can in relation to the matter. I'm sorry I don't have more details at this stage but probably later in the day we'll have a bit more of an understanding as to exactly what took place. Was he from that house? No he was not. We don't know. At this indication he's the only person in that street who doesn't belong so we're not sure what he was doing there and we're conducting enquiries as to his bona fides for being in that location. The person who shot him? Has he been charged? No person's been charged at this stage and we're still conducting enquiries in relation to exactly who did shoot him or how he came to sustain the gunshot wound. There is a male person 29 years who's presently at the Coomera Police District Headquarters and assisting police with their investigations into this matter. He is a resident from the house where the disturbance occurred. What sort of firearm was he in? I can't say at this stage. Our information is that there was one gunshot so we believe there's only discharge on one occasion. Do you know whether the firearm was taken to the house or was it? To a leader say. I can say that the firearm has been recovered and police are now in possession of the weapon that they believe was discharged but we don't know yet the origins of the weapon. What kind of weapon is it? I can't say at this stage I'm sorry. Can you say whether it was likely to be drug related at this point? That would be pure assumptions. We have no idea. We don't know exactly yet what led to this particular altercation. It happened very early hours of the morning. There was only our information at hand at the moment is there was only one resident in the house when there was an altercation with at least one other person and we now have a deceased person in the street and we're trying to work out exactly what happened. How did the person did somebody find the body? Well the body is in open view in the street. Fortunately it was very early hours in the morning and none of the local residents appear to have had the horror of seeing a deceased person laying in the middle of the street because it is a quiet suburban street. It appears that the person has staggered after being shot approximately 40 or 50 murders before collapsing and that's where he was located. A phone call a triple-o phone call was made which is alerted police and the ambulance to the situation. Ambulance has attended found the person collapsed in the middle of the street and attempted to resuscitate him. Tim we're hearing reports that this guy came home in the middle of the night and confronted by four masked men. Can you comment on that? I can't comment at this stage Greg on that. We're still conducting our inquiries into exactly what took place. Are either of the men known to police? I couldn't say at this stage. We're still trying to identify the deceased person. We believe we now know who he is but we are at an early stage and haven't been in a position to advise next to Ken or anybody else yet. Are you aware if the deceased was wearing a balaclava when he was found? There was no evidence of that, no. If there are other people still on the loose, if there were other people at the house, how concerned are police? Well look obviously if there were other people involved in this incident we'd be very interested in talking to them to try and get to the bottom of what took place and likewise we'd be interested in talking to any local residents and we would encourage any member of the community who have any information in relation this matter to phone and crime stoppers. As with all these investigations it's a matter of slowly putting together pieces of the puzzle and trying to work out exactly what happened and why it happened. Given that there are, there could have been more than one person who went to this house, there are concerns that there are still other people involved in this that are out there. Josh, not particularly concerns we'd obviously like to talk to other people if there were other people of information but we don't have any particular concerns in relation to the matter. Like I say, in terms of the resident of the home, he does not appear to have suffered any injuries. He's now in police company and trying to help us in relation to what actually took place. Is it suspected that he's the one that fired the shot? It's too early to say. So this would seem to be not to be a random incident, random home invasion? It would seem to be. Oh look it's, we just guess work at this stage. I'm sorry I don't have more specific information. I probably will as the day goes on but we're still trying to put together exactly what took place. Tim, as far as you're aware then there was only the two people in the house, the man that's helping you and the man that was shot. That's the only thing I can confirm is that there was a disturbance in the house and there were at least two persons involved. We understand that there was only one resident present in the home and at least one other person in the house who we now believe to be the deceased. How come it's not you know, sorry there could have been more than two people so not the resident there and the person who was shot you're saying that there may have been others. No Josh you said that you asked me that question and I said I can't comment on it yet it's too early. No just before you said that you believe that at least two people in the house. Yeah that's ones being the deceased and one being the resident. That's the only thing we can confirm at this stage is there was at least two persons involved in the steps. Two options really isn't it? If there were only two people in the house he's either been shot by the person who's helping you or he's shot himself. That's a possibility. So sorry Tim the courier mail website is currently quoting police saying that police and probably police from Brisbane have confirmed that there was a disturbance in the street earlier in the evening and the three masked people went to this address so we can't confirm that. No I can't confirm that and I have no information about a disturbance in the street there was a disturbance in the house not in the street but obviously the deceased person is laying in the middle of the street. Is that was the homeowner known to put this? Yeah I can't comment on that at the stage sorry. What will police be doing now? I mean I suppose it's the officers at their door knocking in the area that sort of thing. Look like with any of these investigations we're trying to gather information we're trying to work out in relation to the resident who he is what he's involved in what his employment is who he's connected to what relationships he has and we're doing the same in relation to the deceased. We're trying to establish what he was doing in the street what connection if any he has with the house and with the resident of the house and at this stage we're at very early stages of that investigation. Nothing glaring obviously give the way to us at the moment? Not at the moment no no we can we can obviously sit here and guess in relation to any number of possibilities but it's just guesswork at this stage hopefully later in the day we'll have better idea exactly what to apply. Will this be a case for the serious crimes unit? Yeah good question. Task Force Resolve were mobilized at 3.30am this morning to assist local Kermit CIB detectives and they are on the scene providing assistance to the investigation. There was a a fellow taken from the scene in the back of a police car and I'm a police car and one of your officers had come up and said that's a witness from the scene we want him not to be identified do you know who that was or why that identification is an issue? Well I would assume that was the resident from the house. No that was it about eight? Oh okay no I don't know who that is I'm sorry it must have been somebody that was identified as a result of the doorknock inquiries he must have had some information. Tim another gun crime on the Gold Coast pretty serious one can you comment on in relation to that? Yeah Greg I can it continues to be a concern to police and the whole community in relation to firearm offences and offences of violence of this ilk we've had a number of these offences this year and it's certainly placing some pressure on police resources to have to continue to attend to these matters it's a quiet suburban street I spoke to a couple of the residents out there this morning and they were quite shocked that such a thing had happened in their quiet suburban street to wake up and find a deceased male person laying in the middle of your street who allegedly had been the victim of a gunshot is obviously quite a serious of serious concern and and we are continuing to encourage the community to be safe and to report to police and contact crime stoppers that have any information in relation to firearm offences. You mentioned it is placing pressure on police resources having this amount of serious violent crime on the coast is it a case of you guys are being snowed under by the amount of work? Look you know you know the Gold Coast and South Eastern Police region generally it's the busiest region in the state for all crime and we we constantly don't have too many quiet days and it's not uncommon to get these sorts of phone calls early in the morning and here we are again here I am again talking to you in relation to another firearm offence we've had a lot of armed robberies this year and and a number of involved firearms.