A 15-year-old girl was rushed to hospital after allegedly being shot in a Queensland Aldi, with witnesses reporting a man had just “started firing”.
A man has been arrested after he shot a crossbow at terrified shoppers at an Aldi west of Brisbane.
A man is in police custody after he allegedly injured a teenage girl with a crossbow inside an Aldi in Ipswich, Queensland.
Channel 7 reports a 25-year-old man wearing “a black hoodie and a mask” had been firing a “compound crossbow” at several people before he struck the teen and was then tackled by bystanders.
Queensland Police say the man was found armed inside an Aldi supermarket in Booval after he was spotted discharging arrows while walking down South Station Road around 4.30pm this afternoon.
The man allegedly first tried to fire an arrow at a female jogger and a car but missed both of them.
“A witness has identified that male person discharge that bow, an arrow, at a female jogger who was passing by,” Queensland Police’s Heath McQueen told reporters.
“The male person has then continued on to a vehicle, it is believed that that male may have discharged that bow at a vehicle en route while he was heading towards the Aldi supermarket.”
The masked man then fired an arrow at the front of Booval Aldi, before heading inside where he fired another arrow and hit a 15-year-old girl. Inspector Scott Calcutt told The Courier Mail eyewitnesses had reported the masked man had “started firing” inside the Aldi.
“Some bystanders, members of the public, have bravely accosted that person and detained that male person until police have arrived,” Mr McQueen said.
The teenage girl has since been taken to Queensland Children‘s Hospital in a stable condition with injuries to her hands and stomach, Nine News reports.
Police on scene at Aldi Booval where it’s understood a young woman has been shot with a bow and arrow by a man in a mask. He’s been arrested. She’s on her way to hospital with hand and abdominal injuries. @9NewsQueensland pic.twitter.com/Rhc71IXRZD
BREAKING | A teenage girl has been reportedly shot by an arrow at Aldi in Booval this afternoon after a man was allegedly seen walking into the supermarket with a bow.Police say they have a man in custody and are appealing for anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward pic.twitter.com/frO0ofc2WB
BREAKING: A man has been arrested outside an Ipswich Aldi following reports of a bow and arrow shooting incident. A teenage girl has been taken to hospital with hand and stomach injuries. https://t.co/VZ3A1cpmr5 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/PtYLxVMhh5
Police and emergency services are now in the area, with a crime scene declared on South Station Road and traffic diversions in place.
Authorities are now appealing for anyone that may have witnessed the man or have CCTV footage of what happened to come forward.
“We are still yet to establish who that female jogger may have been, they may not be aware that a weapon was fired in her direction, we‘re still yet to establish her identity,” Mr McQueen told reporters.
“There is a vehicle that travelled through this area as well that we believe may have been fired at and we would like to talk to those people as well.”
People can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day or call 1800 333 000.
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