Four Injured in Drive-By Shooting Outside Loganholme Boxing Event, South of Brisbane

LOGANHOLME, Queensland: Four people were injured on Saturday night when shots were fired from a vehicle outside a licensed premises in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, the Queensland Police Service said. Police received reports of the shooting at 8:15 p.m. local time (10:15 UTC) outside the premises on Bryants Road, and officers went to the scene. The Sun reported that police were called to Fitzy's Loganholme, where a boxing event was being held at the time.

The four injured people were taken to hospital, and their conditions were being assessed, police said. The Sun reported that the four were in serious condition and, citing the Courier Mail, that one person had been shot in the head, two people had been shot in the abdomen and another person had been shot in the arm.

The vehicle fled the scene

Police said the vehicle involved was witnessed leaving the scene. The Sun reported that the car sped away from the scene and was later found on fire a short time later. No arrests had been made, and the investigation was continuing, The Sun reported.

"There is not believed to be any ongoing threat to the public," Queensland Police said in the statement. Police have reported four people injured in the shooting, and police have not reported any deaths.

Police appeal for information

Queensland Police urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact police, and said there was no further information available at this time. Information can be provided through Policelink, and crime information can be reported anonymously through Crime Stoppers, the police statement said.

The Sydney Morning Herald also reported that multiple people had been shot in a drive-by shooting south of Brisbane. Drive-by shootings are rare in Australia. The Sun noted that the country has strict gun controls, which were introduced after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.

The shooting comes a week after a 13-year-old boy allegedly fired 27 shots from a semi-automatic rifle into a house in Perth, The Sun reported. Seven people were in the house at the time, in the early hours of last Saturday morning, and the boy was arrested on Monday and charged with eight offences, The Sun reported.