Weapons offences, Wilsonton
Police have charged a man after an incident in Wilsonton yesterday where threats were made and a gun was fired into the sky.
At around midday yesterday a man armed with a firearm attended a Dalmeny Street address and became involved in a verbal altercation with two residents. All persons were known to each other.
The man allegedly demanded cash that was owed to him and fired a shot into the sky before leaving the scene.
The man then attended an associate’s address in Kearney Street, Kearneys Spring and threw the weapon onto the roof of the home.
Police attended and took the man into custody and recovered the weapon.
The 21-year-old Scarborough man has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, discharging a weapon in a public place, possession of a shortened firearm, and possession of ammunition.
He has also been charged with a number of drug offences.
He is due to appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court tomorrow.
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