Tara shooting

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Four teen boys in custody after reports of shots fired in Tara (9News)

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

Tara shooting: New details emerge after 'extremely concerning' rural ... (7NEWS.com.au)

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”.

'Here we go again': Tara shooting incident brings back Wieambilla ... (The Guardian)

Four teenagers arrested after reports of shots fired in centre of Queensland town.

It was pretty scary,” the store worker said. It’s a bit worrying for everybody.” At the time, she had no idea what was going on inside the exclusion zone except that, once again, it involved guns, shooters and police. “I just seen heaps of police officers around. The publican Tracey Brauer said there were “quite a few people” at the Commercial Hotel who could not leave for several hours while the exclusion zone was in place. This just brought them straight back to town.

Tara shooting: Teens to face court as cops at December tragedy ... (Brisbane Times)

Two teenagers will have their cases heard in court, while police confirm some officers involved had also been present at the Wieambilla shooting.

There was also some ricochet so we believe [there was] in the vicinity of eight or nine shots.” Both were believed not to have fired any shots. We’ve got at least four holes at two vehicles, [in] two windscreens. Vine said two of the teens were brothers and their mother had been spoken to but it was unclear if she was present at the time of the incident. “Shots were discharged in the vicinity of police so the third and final vehicle that was struck [was] pulled outside the cordon near a police vehicle and the vehicle was struck at that particular time. “There were certainly some officers that were involved in the Wieambilla shooting that were involved in this shooting ...

Police charge teenagers over alleged Tara shooting on ... (ABC News)

Fears for the welfare of two boys charged over a shooting incident which sent streets of a small town into lockdown have been aired in court.

"What we've said consistently is we will listen to the advice of police and our agencies and if they say they need additional tools and additional resources to fight these types of crime, then we will give them to them," he said. "There is a risk to the safety and welfare of the young people before the court as well as their families, noting the very small town Tara is," Ms Morice said. She said there was "a real risk and a real concern from my client and his family that their safety and welfare is in jeopardy in all of the circumstances". "But I'd just like to sort of say that 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." "To the extent already my client's family are receiving phone calls from members of the community and the media," she said. Ms Prince also said Tara was a "very small community" and the address of the incident had already been identified, leading to further identification of her client and risk of his wellbeing.

Gun slinging Tara juveniles fired recklessly at vehicles (Country Caller)

BARELY a month on from an horrific shooting which killed two police officers and a Good Samaritan neighbour at a property north of Tara, ...

Police were clearly visible in doing their response to that and they continued to discharge rounds. we’ll be attempting to identify motive. “They were located at a point outside of the cordon and they were taken into custody without incident. “They (the alleged offenders) weren’t taken into custody at that address, they were taken into custody at a particular place outside the cordon. so we believe there was at least eight or nine shots,” he said. “It’s really on the extreme level.