A man has died and a police officer is in a stable condition after a shooting on Queensland’s Fraser Coast.
Police officers were called to an address on Horizon Court in Yengarie, west of Maryborough, at 5:44pm on Friday following reports of a domestic violence matter.
Police allege a 45-year-old man approached officers on their arrival and shot at them multiple times, hitting a 36-year-old first-year constable in the leg.
The officer was dragged to safety by other officers and flown to Brisbane, where he is in a stable condition.
A Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) was declared shortly after, and at 9:21pm specialised police attended the address, where they said they found the man deceased in a shed on the property around 11pm.
Two adult women and two children were confirmed to be at the address during the incident but later “self extracted” from the property and were unharmed.
The man was known to police and did not hold a weapons licence.
Inspector Paul Algee said he was “incredibly proud” of the actions of the officers on the ground.
“The officers that were working with the first-year constable that was shot saved his life through their heroic actions.”
Inspector Algee said it had been the officer’s final shift in Maryborough before being transferred out west.
“He will now have a long recuperation but I am so incredibly thankful that he has survived,” he said.
An Ethical Standards Command investigation is underway.