 Thank you very much. I probably don't need to, but can I introduce to you Detective Superintendent Mick Nyland who is in charge of CIB activity for the Metro South region. Thank you for your time. Obviously Detective Superintendent Nyland will talk about the latest murder overnight in the Metro South region and I thought I might talk very briefly, very briefly about crime overall and firearms related crime and then open it up to questions both in terms of the matter overnight as much as we are able to answer and any questions you have of me from a statewide perspective. Mick over to you, thank you. Thank you Commissioner. At about 7.27 p.m. last night police communications received a triple O call to attend Warrigal Road, Warrigal Road store and can I just start again in relation to that. At 7.27 p.m. last night police received a triple O call to attend the Warrigal Road shopping centre in relation to the possibility of a man being shot. Timings in relation to this crime are very important because at approximately 6.50 p.m. a BMW a silver BMW coupé was seen to enter that shopping centre. We believe that it may be linked to this crime and it was seen to arrive at that time and then it departed at approximately about 7.20 p.m. and we're appealing to potential witnesses. There were a lot of persons in that shopping centre that night. We have spoken to a number of witnesses that have come forward but we're appealing to further witnesses that may have seen that vehicle in the shopping centre or suspicious activity around that vehicle between those times of 6.50 p.m. and 7.20 p.m. So if they do have information in relation to it, if they could contact crime stoppers or in particular our major incident room which we've set up at Mount Provat police station. Thank you very much. Can I just talk briefly if that's okay and just about broader issues. Obviously these two matters in consecutive days are of great concern to us. Murder is clearly the most serious crime on the statute books and one that we give the highest possible priority to local detectives wherever it occurs in the state often assisted by the homicide squad depending on the circumstances and how straightforward the investigation is. Homicides of course range from tragedies where two people in a domestic violence situation where one kills the other and then sometimes calls the police and they attend and the person surrenders themself through to far more complex investigations that can go on for years and years. We're extremely concerned about this. At this point in time there is no evidence to suggest that either of these matters, the matter at Warragall Road or the previous matter at Redsdale are linked in any way. We're not excluding that as a possibility but there's no evidence to support that at this stage. In terms of firearms and crime more broadly in Queensland throughout the state around about 15% of armed robberies involve a firearm. That percentage increases in the Gold Coast area to closer to 20% but that's about the most severe that it gets so about one in five armed robberies involve a firearm. We include in that armed robberies where the firearm may be a replica because if you're the victim and you are looking down the barrel of a firearm you don't know whether it's a real firearm or a replica. We established the firearms investigative team with five officers from state crime operations command which commenced operations was announced in December last year and commenced operations in January and so far they've done some really good work. They have taken off the streets 39 firearms and included in that 16 in those 39 concealable firearms and on top of those 39 firearms they have taken 14 other weapons such as crossbows and tasers off the street as well. They've arrested 59 people on a total of 104 charges so we are very conscious of the importance and the significance for us and the community of crime involving firearms and as I said of course murders are the most serious crime on the statute book so if you wish you know perhaps direct questions to Detective Superintendent Nyland about the matter last night and then after that if there are any broader questions from a statewide perspective I'd be happy to try and answer those for you. Detective Superintendent what sort of gun to police believe was used last night? Look it's early in the investigation that's unknown. Was he known to police or? He was known to police but can I say this that it's been earlier described as a random or a drive-by shooting. We're of the belief that in fact that isn't the case in this instance. What makes the police believe that? We've spoken to a number of witnesses in the last eight hours and investigations are continuing. Does the police believe that the victim and the offender were known to each other? It's the case that that is possibly correct. Can you tell us about this car? Look we believe that that vehicle possibly driven by the offender or offender in this matter and our victim possibly met with that vehicle between 6.50 p.m. and 7.20 p.m. in the car park at the Warrigal Road shopping centre. Do you believe that the victim has actually walked up to the car and been shot out of the car? That's what witnesses are sort of indicating out there? It is very early stages and we are establishing the facts of the matter at this time. And is it a BMW? It is. It's a silver BMW 2-door coupe with a sunroof and alloy wheels and it's the shape between 1998 and 2002. We believe that one is a 2001 BMW silver coupe. That's taken from CCTV footage. At this stage we're still making inquiries. Will police be releasing the name of the victim later today? Possibly. It's a tragic set of circumstances and we're speaking with the family today. Does it appear as though a similar weapon was used from the previous crime he enraged out? We don't believe that the two crimes are linked. So do police believe the offender was in this silver BMW? There is a likelihood. When you say the victim was known to police, was he a member of a gang? He is known to police. But you can't confirm whether he was a member of a gang? No, we don't believe he's a member of a gang. Do you believe this is gang related? We do not believe this is gang related at this stage. Of course we keep an open mind in relation to criminal investigations. Is anyone at the assisting police at all? Is anyone involved who knows these people? Who might be involved? Look, we've had a number of witnesses come forward who are assisting police at this time. The victim was seen there by himself or was he there with others? He attended the Warrigal Rage Shopping Centre to have a bite to eat at a local restaurant there at approximately just before 6.40pm. Is it likely though that he's going to meet these people here? It's one of a number of leads we're investigating. Was he eating by himself? No, he went there to meet with a couple of friends for dinner and then this course of events has taken place. Just with that time it's 6.50pm and it's 7.27pm that you believe he went up to that car. That's correct. Is this video footage? That's CCTV footage. So it's a video of not stills? Is it? That's from cameras at the Warrigal Rage Shopping Centre. I think it's the same thing. Have you been in anything like this previously? Have you been in trouble like this before? Have you had incidents with police? It all forms part of the investigation. I can say he was known to police. Is the incident captured on camera? Is the incident captured by CCTV? We are still going through CCTV footage today. How many times was the victim shot? That post-mortem is being conducted today in relation to the victim and we'll know more at a later time. Is there a shot in the head? We will be able to release the results of the post-mortem at a later time. Obviously, if you guys called this surveillance footage here you would have looked at the broad images that come up on the surveillance footage at the Shopping Centre. Is it likely that the Shopping Centre can't park where it happened? Is it likely that it actually has caught it? We're going to continue to make inquiries and investigations today and we ask that any person that has any information in relation to the matter, if they could come forward. Sorry, can I just get you to run through the timeline again? You said the car arrived at 6.50. You thought it left at 7.20 but you got the call at 7.27. The triple O call came through. That's the first knowledge police had of the matter. So around 7.20 is when you think the shop was fired and the car left. That's correct. Was the man standing in the car park or just in front of the restaurant? It's unknown at this time. Certainly the car is found up as a vehicle of importance and interest to us and we would be extremely grateful for your continued support and I'm sure you're all very experienced and you understand that this is the very early stages of this investigation and we're just limited in terms of what information we're able to and even have ourselves yet in terms of sharing but clearly this vehicle is firmed up as a vehicle of interest and we would ask that anyone who has any information about this vehicle this silver BMW that Detective Superintendent Nyland has described to pass it on to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 00 and even if you just suspect that you may have information please pass that on as well. We won't think you're wasting our time. We won't think it's silly. Your bit of information, your suspicion could be the key to helping us make a breakthrough in this case and we're extremely grateful for the support of the public so far and of the media so far and obviously we're putting an enormous amount of effort and resources into both of these investigations that have occurred in the last two days but as Detective Superintendent Nyland has said at this point there is no evidence to indicate that the two matters are linked. We never exclude anything but there's no evidence to indicate at that stage. Now did you and we'll give you updates on this as soon as we're able to. Are there any other questions? You must be concerned though that we've had a spade of serious crime this week. Is there too many guns in South East Queensland? Any illegal firearm is one too many. The situation with firearms crime is something that we monitor closely. Anecdotally it does seem as though there's been an increase in recent times however it's certainly not out of control and it's certainly manageable. In South East Queensland and this has been consistent now for many many years we have about 50 to 60 murders. In my view our people do a fine job and in fact some years they have a 100% clean-up rate and clear-up rate for homicide which is one of the best clear-up rates anywhere in the world. So we take it terribly seriously. The rate of homicide and people might find this difficult to believe but it's true the rate of homicide has actually come down in the last 15 to 20 years so we're very mindful of this but it is it's the most serious offence on the statute books. We treat it in regard to that way as well. In any crime involving firearms particularly murders of the type we've seen in the last few days are of great concern to us obviously and yes I am very concerned and I hope that obviously that we're not seeing an ongoing repeat progression of this sort of offence. Just to clarify you said the man you can't confirm whether he was shot in the car park or he was shot in the car park? The one at the latest one. I didn't think Detective Superintendent Nyland actually touched into that space I think it's probably true to say that we believe he was shot in the car park but beyond that regrettably we're not able to give you any more detail. Are there any leads on the Wednesday night incident? Well that's been thoroughly and competently investigated of course and we have a large team of detectives involved in that investigation there's been no breakthrough yet and as we do with this matter we appeal for anyone who has any information at all and again even if you only suspect that you might know something about that or have something that could help us again we appeal to people to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 33300 and pass any information you have to us and that information will be treated with absolute confidentiality. Commissioner it's been a terrible week for Crime we've had shootings and high-speed chasers we've had young kids laughing at cameras as they've been arrested do you think there's been a bit of a loss of innocence for people who live in South East Queensland and maybe viewed their state in a certain way? I certainly hope not. What will happen with Crime is that over any year whether it's a calendar year or a financial statistical year but over a given year we won't have an evening if that makes sense so it won't be that every four days that a particular crime happens we'll have ebbs and flows and what we're seeing at the moment is a peak what's of concern to us of course is that that peak doesn't continue because that would be very concerning but you'll see this in any year where there'll be a peak of offences in a particular week and then things will settle down I guess in the following week but certainly none of us would want to see what's happened in the last week sustained as a regular occurrence You said that your special task force had taken about 50 firearms, illegal firearms off the streets but do you have, does police have an estimate of how many illegal firearms there are in 21 at the moment? That's impossible to estimate after the gun buyback scheme after Port Arthur the level of firearms used in crime declined firearms used in murders declined by about 25% and firearms used in armed robberies declined significantly as well one illegal firearm on the streets is one too many because it's a potential serious injury or death to someone so we take them all seriously but regrettably it's impossible to know how many illegal firearms are out there at any particular time Is there another channel that allows them to get into? There's a number of pathways stolen firearms is one, illegally imported firearms is another and in some cases there would be some that people never surrendered originally under the buyback scheme and stored in some way or another but the main avenues would be through illegal importation and through theft Do you know if the offender got out of the car to shoot the victim or was he still in the car? I know if you've been to your very status We're still trying to establish those facts Do you know if there's only one person in this car there's still going to be another? Once again we're still trying to establish those facts We're shocked to find this shooting the way that happened in such a car park on the first day and I wonder if people are eating dinner and families and so forth Were you surprised at how brazen it was? Yeah of course, look it's a terrible tragedy How have they coped it? Well it's under very very difficult circumstances I think on that point though really as terrible as this is I do think it's important for the confidence of the public to stress that we genuinely do not believe this is a drive by random type shooting the indications are that this is deliberate and intentional and focused so that's an important point and that doesn't understate at all the point you probably just made about just how terrible and how serious this is that in such a public place as well that this could occur Alright well thank you again for your support on this and as soon as we have something further we can share with you we will Thanks very much for your time today