Update: Murder charge, Tingalpa
Police have charged a man following investigations into the murder of a 24-year-old man at Tingalpa in February this year.
Russell Johnstone was found with gunshot wounds on Jarrow Street around 3.30am on February 6.
He was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
A 24-year-old Mount Gravatt East man has been charged with murder and is due to appear in the Cleveland Magistrates Court today.
Detective Inspector Owen Elloy said the arrest follows an extensive investigation.
“Today’s development is the culimination of six months of intense investigations by members of the Cleveland and Wynnum Criminal Investigation Branches and State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad,” Detective Inspector Elloy said.
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