Shock at shooting in regional Queensland

Six people have been shot dead at a rural property in Queensland - two police officers, a member of the public and three people alleged to be responsible for the deaths. Queensland police confirmed the two police officers were shot and killed in an ambush at a remote property west of Brisbane, in the Darling Downs.

Police work near the scene of the fatal shooting in Wieambilla, Queensland Source: AAP / JASON O’BRIEN