Tara

Specialist police have locked down a town after an incident where a resident's car was shot at in a southwestern Queensland town.

The town is still in shock after the two officers from Tara Police Station were gunned down in the crime that stunned the nation. Tara is about 60km from Wiembella, where six people including two police officers were killed in a horror ambush in December. Police have locked down the centre of the town of Tara in Queensland after shots were fired at a car.

No one has been physically injured. It's just five weeks since the shooting murders of Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, and resident Alan Dare at ...

Then there was a bang when it actually hit one of our pool fences.” Specialist Emergency Response Team officers have arrived at the scene, while police can be heard negotiating with the gunman over a megaphone at a home on Day St. POLICE are negotiating with a gunman and residents have been evacuated from homes after shots were fired in the town of Tara this afternoon.

An emergency operation has been launched after multiple shots were fired at a car in rural Queensland. Streets have been cordoned off and an emergency ...

“The teens were located at a Tara address late (Wednesday) and taken into custody without incident. Police were able to revoke the emergency declaration late on Wednesday after taking four teenagers into custody. Police were called to Tara, in the Western Downs Region, following reports shots were fired at a civilian car on Smallacombe St about 3.30pm

Four teenage boys have been arrested after reports of gunfire sparked an emergency declaration in the Queensland town of Tara.

Vine said police then identified a house on Day Street where it is believed the shots were coming from, finding a .22 calibre rifle in the ceiling and a number of used cartridges. Vine said the incident is not believed to be linked to the Acting Superintendent Ray Vine has this morning said "the conduct is extremely concerning", with "shots discharged in the vicinity of police". It is not believed the police were "actively" targeted. Police are working to determine why three teenagers allegedly fired up to nine shots into the street, continuing while police were on scene, in the Queensland town of Tara yesterday afternoon. - 'Fear of the unknown' led to Queensland cop slayings, daughter claims

Police were responding to reports of shots fired in the small town where officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold were based before they were murdered in ...

Tactical police were dispatched to the area, as police made an emergency declaration and several residents were evacuated. Police were called to reports of a shooting in Tara about 3.30pm and declared an exclusion zone covering several blocks in the centre of town at 5.30pm. Four teenagers have been taken into custody after shots were fired in a small Western Downs town, sparking evacuations and specialist police to lock down the streets.

The boys — aged 14, 15 and two 16 year olds — are assisting police with their investigations into the incident in the town of Tara after a car was shot at.

So we're looking at how we restock and recoup. "As you can imagine, following the events of December ... "They were located at a point outside the cordon and were taken into custody without incident," he says. "I don't have the information at hand and I wasn't briefed in relation to whether she was present at the time of the alleged offending." Superintendent Vine has been asked if any of the boys' parents were present at the time of the incident. Police said a 14-year-old has been given a caution, and has been dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.

Police had declared an exclusion zone in the centre of Tara, 40km south of Wieambilla which saw a deadly ambush of police in December.

Police had declared an “ongoing” emergency situation in the small Queensland town of Tara after reports of shots fired at a car. Local media initially reported police officers were fired upon in the centre of Tara. Police were called to reports of a shooting in Tara about 3.30pm on Wednesday and declared an exclusion zone covering several blocks in the centre of town at 5.30pm. “An emergency declaration was made at approximately 5.30pm,” Queensland police said in statement. Police said the teenagers were found at a Tara residence on Wednesday night and taken into custody without incident. [Queensland](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/queensland) after reports of shots being fired in the area.

Four teenage boys have been arrested following a shooting incident in rural Queensland on Wednesday night.

"We were in a vehicle, his vehicle, and got shot at... It was pretty intense." Head height," one alleged victim told the Today show on Thursday morning. [Stream your news live & on demand with Flash for $8/month and no lock in contracts. "The teens were located at a Tara address late this evening and taken into custody without incident," police wrote in a statement. Queensland Police were first called to the rural town of Tara at 3.30pm following reports of shots being fired at a motorist on Smallacombe Street.

Some officers involved in the incident were also involved in the Wieambilla shooting.

“It’s very confronting to deal with two incidents in a short period of time in a small community, but in terms of their professionalism and their resolve to continue to protect and serve the community their training and professionalism will hold them in good stead.” “Their heroics and their resolve to protect the community and maintain community safety given the events of five and a half weeks ago is remarkable,” he said. Vine confirmed “shots were discharged in the vicinity of police” but there is “no suggestion that they were actively targeting police”. “Any discharge of a firearm in a public place creates significant risk to the community. Police received reports of multiple vehicles with bullet holes, and after identifying a residence of interest, cleared it and allegedly located a .22 calibre rifle in the ceiling of the home and a number of cartridges. Acting Superintendent Ray Vine said there was “no suggestion that they were actively targeting police”.

Two teenagers have been charged and another cautioned after cars were hit by bullets during a shooting incident in a small Queensland town.

Superintendent Vine said on Thursday several officers who were involved in the Wieambilla incident also responded to the shooting in Tara on Wednesday. The young officers were among a group of police that was ambushed upon arriving at a property to follow up on a missing person’s report. The Trains were killed later that day in a shootout with tactical officers after an hours-long standoff at the property. Police said three cars were shot at before the teens were arrested, including one that pulled up next to a police cordon outside the Day St property. Four teenage boys were taken into custody on Wednesday night after police locked down the centre of Tara after shots were fired at a vehicle that afternoon. Police made an emergency declaration in Tara about 5.30pm on Wednesday after responding to reports that shots had been fired at a car on Smallacombe St about 3.30pm.

Dalby detectives have charged two 16-year-old boys with seven offences each after shots were allegedly fired from a Tara property yesterday (January 18).

Police would like to thank the Tara community for their assistance yesterday in complying with police directions and adhering to the PSPA requirements. A 14-year-old local boy was dealt under the provisions of the Youth Justices Act in respect to wilful damage and weapons offences. They have both been charged with two counts each of discharge weapon in a public place, and one count each of dangerous conduct with a weapon, unlawful possession of a weapon – category A, B or M, as well as three counts of wilful damage.