Murder charge, Hopevale
Detectives have charged a woman with murder following investigations into an incident in Hopevale yesterday.
An emergency declaration was made at 11am after police received information a woman was deceased at a property on Cameron Creek Road and another woman was armed.
The declaration was revoked at 4.36pm after the woman surrendered to specialist police.
It will be alleged officers located a 71-year-old woman deceased at the scene with a single gunshot wound.
A 46-year-old woman has been charged with one count of murder.
She is due to appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on February 20.
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