Detectives have charged aa 29-year-old man with murder after allegedly killing a young mother in a daylight shooting west of Brisbane.
Kara Jade Weribone, 27, was shot at a home on Christmas Street in North Toowoomba, southeast Queensland, at about 1.50pm on Wednesday.
Ms Weribone, from nearby Wilsonton, was found critically injured at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds.
She was rushed to Toowoomba Hospital, where she later died.
Two men were treated at the scene – one aged in his 50s with a head injury and another man for emotional distress.
Acting Detective Inspector Brian Collins earlier said three ‘associates’ of the woman were taken into custody.
The 29-year-old man was arrested in Roma, 350km northwest of Toowoomba, at 11.35am on Saturday.
He is set to front in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on March 3.
Kara Jade Weribone, 27, was shot at a home on Christmas Street home in North Toowoomba
Paramedics are seen treating a man at the scene of the daylight shooting
A man at the scene of the shooting is seen on a stretcher
Ms Weribone had recently celebrated her son finishing primary school.
‘My big baby graduated primary school tonight. So proud of you,’ she wrote alongside a photo of her son holding an award.
Ms Weribone’s death comes after her brother Nicholas died in November.
The young mum is being mourned by friends and family on Thursday.
‘I’m trying so hard to keep it together but this is hurting me that you’re really gone baby sis,’ one relative wrote.
‘Really never wanted to say goodbye to you yet. Can’t believe this.’
One neighbour said she heard gunshots and ran outside, and saw Ms Weribone lying on the footpath.
There were unconfirmed reports that the woman was shot multiple times with a .22 calibre rifle.
The young mum-of-three died in hospital after she was shot just before 2pm on Wednesday
Police are seen at the scene of the fatal shooting in Toowoomba
The ‘extremely alarming’ incident unfolded less than 150 metres from Holy Name Catholic Primary School.
Police said there is ‘nothing to indicate’ the shooting was domestic violence related and do not believe it was drug-related.
West Street between Mort and Bridge Streets remained closed for much of Wednesday afternoon with residents ordered to stay indoors.
Anyone with dashcam footage of the West Street and Christmas Street area between 1pm and 2.30pm on Monday have been urged to come forward.
