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Police wish to speak with Tait Streeter following a shooting on the Gold Coast. Picture: Supplied
POLICE have released a photograph of a man following the shooting of a 48-year-old man who had contronted a perpetrator attempting to break into a car.
In a statement, police said they wished to speak to 23-year-old Tait Streeter, following the incident at Gaven on the Gold Coast on Saturday night.
Tait Streeter.Source:Supplied
Just before midnight yesterday, a man confronted another man who was attempting to break into a car, which was parked in the front yard of a home on Arjuna Way,†the statement said.
“When confronted by the car’s owner, the man discharged a single shot from a rifle, wounding the car owner in the abdomen. The man then fled the scene on foot.â€
The 48-year-old victim is in Gold Coast University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police on Sunday afternoon also released the image of a ‘gunmetal grey’ 2011 Ford Falcon utility with a silver tray and registration 777 TOX, which they believe Mr Streeter is driving.
Another vehicle he was using, a white Holden utility, has been located in Cottesloe Street.
Police believe an earlier incident on Saturday night, where a stolen vehicle towing a car trailer crashed on Serpentine Creek Rd at Redland Bay about 7pm, may also be linked to the Gold Coast shooting.
A passerby stopped to help the driver following the crash but the driver then produced a pump-action rifle and demanded the Good Samaritan hand over the keys to their vehicle.
The thief took the vehicle, which was later found at a carpark in Ormeau about 8.30pm.
Members of the public have been warned not to approach Tait Streeter if they see him but to contact Crime Stroppers immediately on 1800 333 000.
A vehicle similar to the one being driven by Tait Streeter. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
EARLIER: A GOLD Coast man has been shot in the stomach while trying to stop a thief breaking into his car.
The 48-year-old was shot once with a rifle outside his Gaven home just before midnight on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the shooter fled the scene on foot.
OVERNIGHT: A MANHUNT is underway on the Gold Coast after a man was shot in the stomach during an attempted car robbery on the Gold Coast.
The 48-year-old man was shot in the abdomen when he confronted a man trying to break into his car outside a Gaven home just before midnight on Saturday.
The shooter fled on foot and police say they have not yet found him.
The victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.