UPDATED 3.50pm: THE Royal Flying Doctor Service has confirmed all three men who involved in the target shooting incident, that left two men shot in a murder-suicide, were part of the RFDS.
Rockhampton based senior pilot Greg McNaughton was shot by his son Tim, who is also an apprentice engineer currently on leave from the RFDS Alice Springs base.
Rockhampton senior base pilot Captain Lindsay Hart, is currently in a stable condition recovering in hospital.
RFDS chief executive officer Nino Di Marco is en route to Rockhampton and will address the media later today.
Earlier today
ROCKHAMPTON police are treating the shooting death of two men who were recreationally target shooting on a property near The Caves, just north of Rockhampton, as a murder-suicide.
Three men were involved, with two killed and one injured.
The injured man aged 54, is currently in the Rockhampton Base Hospital in a stable condition, and is not a suspect, said a police spokeswomen.
In a statement from the RFDS, its chief executive officer, Nino Di Marco, confirmed two employees had been involved.
“All of us at the RFDS (Queensland Section) are deeply saddened and shocked to hear the news of this terrible tragedy in Rockhampton,” Mr Marco said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, and colleagues of those affected.
“Out of respect to their families no further information will be provided.”
It is understood that the 54-year-old survivor, and one of the deceased were employed by the RFDS.
Helen Walker
Journalist for Queensland Country Life at Rockhampton.
Journalist for Queensland Country Life at Rockhampton.
