Three people have been found dead after a shooting at a rural property in Bogie near Collinsville in north Queensland and a man is in a serious condition, police have confirmed.
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Police have issued an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act for an area at Shannonvale Road, south-east of Collinsville as the shooter remains at large.
"We believe the persons who shot them may be in the area which is why we are conducting our own searches," Mackay District Superintendent Tom Armitt said.
He said the people who died were believed to be family members of the injured man, but police did not confirm their identities.
"I can't give you any information at all in relation to any persons of interest, can't reveal any information in relation to the victims at this present point in time," he said.
There was no known motive for the shooting, Armitt said.
Police said the injured man was located in a vehicle at Flagstone and was taken to Mackay Base Hospital by helicopter with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
He underwent surgery before being moved to ICU in a serious but stable condition.
Police requested members of the public and aircraft not attend the location while they conduct an "emergency operation".
The QAS said two helicopters and eight ambulance crews were sent to the incident earlier today from Mackay, Townsville and Rockhampton.
District Superintendent Armitt said the shooting took place on a cattle property that was "rural, remote, very hilly and heavily forested".
Large farming properties line the dirt road all the way out to the exclusion zone.
- ABC