Two men were in a critical condition and a gunman on the run after an attack on the Gold Coast that police said began with a dispute in a neighbouring unit.
One victim was shot in the stomach and stabbed in the back, while the other was stabbed in the head, neck and leg.
Both were taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical but stable condition.
The victims had intervened in an argument that “spilled out into a common area”, police said, at a Peninsular Drive unit block in the centre of Surfers Paradise.
Their attacker, a 38-year-old man who was known to the pair, fled in a white Mazda hatchback.
Acting Chief Superintendent Peter Miles told ABC Radio Gold Coast the two men were in a unit “below the suspect’s address” when they “intervened in a disturbance of some sort”.
Police were called to the Surfers Paradise property just before 2am. Credit: QPS
“On arrival [police] found themselves knee-deep in having to perform tactical first aid.”
Miles said police found a revolver at the scene, adding that detectives had a “fair idea of who they’re looking for”.
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