{"id":633096,"date":"2026-03-05T03:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/633096\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:51:16","slug":"alleged-gunman-faces-court-in-maroochydore-after-threatening-police-at-woombye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/633096\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged gunman faces court in Maroochydore after threatening police at Woombye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A 32-year-old man who was shot by police after allegedly threatening officers with a gun on the Sunshine Coast has faced court on a dozen charges, including a weapons charge relating to a revolver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Dominic Reece Bryham&#8217;s charges include five counts of serious assault on police while armed, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, going armed as to cause fear, possession of a dangerous drug and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police will allege they began tracking a white hatchback after it crashed on the Sunshine Motorway at Sippy Downs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aerial view of police car with officers nearby\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1c6cf608e273d9ecb4155c672f63e3ea.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police say the man was shot after allegedly threatening officers with a gun. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The car then drove away from the scene, heading to Nambour Connection Road, where the driver fled the hatchback and got into a white ute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police alleged the 32-year-old got out of the ute and &#8220;approached officers armed with a gun&#8221; just before being shot by police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was given first-aid at the scene by police, then taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Bryham made no application for bail and was remanded in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The matter will return to Maroochydore Magistrates Court on March 30.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police cars on road\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5460bd88e1def5e152e081ac1855d57c.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police at the scene at Nambour Connection Road. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Madeline Grace)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 32-year-old man who was shot by police after allegedly threatening officers with a gun on the Sunshine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":633097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[270016,4740,270017,250851,270015,50,5488,48728],"class_list":["post-633096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-armed-man-at-woombye","tag-australia","tag-dominic-bryham","tag-man-shot-by-police","tag-nambour-connection-road","tag-news","tag-police-shooting","tag-sunshine-coast"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116174540193665593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}