Ethan Midgley accused of shooting murder of partner Mallorie Roberts on Gold Coast

The man accused of killing his partner has been identified, as disturbing accounts emerge of arguments inside the pair’s Gold Coast house in recent months.

Ethan Midgley, 23, is accused of shooting Mallorie Roberts, also 23, with a homemade gun in their Biggera Waters home on Sunday night.

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Neighbours found Roberts and called emergency services while attempting to save her but she was declared dead by paramedics a short time later.

Midgley was arrested at the home. Police bodycam worn footage shows officers confronting him as he sat on a chair outside the front door, before being handcuffed and led away.

He appeared before Southport Magistrates Court on Monday charged with one count each of domestic violence, domestic violence murder and possessing an unlawful weapon.

He was denied bail.

Neighbours told 7NEWS they have reported arguing coming from the home for months, with police confirming they had been called to the home in the past. No domestic violence order was in place.

Roberts’ son was not at home at the time of the alleged murder, and was with other family members at the time.

Roberts’ distraught mother, Felicity Jane, paid tribute to her daughter saying she just wanted to “hold” her again.

“I love you, I want to hold you and not let you go, my beautiful sweetheart,” she said.

“You are so precious I can’t let you go ... my beautiful daughter.”

Outside court, friends shared their disbelief at the loss of a “kind soul”.

“I’m speechless ... she was too young to go,” Courtney Martin said.

“If anyone who needed help she would help them, she would give them the shirt of her back.”

Friend Tiffany Swann said Roberts was a “beautiful person”.

“(She was) bright and bubbly with no filter,” she said.

Detective Acting Inspector Leia Urquhart said on Monday that neighbours and first responders had been met with a “confronting scene” and “tried their very best” to save Roberts’ life.

“Before I opened the door I could hear a blood curdling scream, I don’t know how else to put it,” neighbour Tobie Trethewey said.

Another neighbour, Bianca Davis, heard the commotion and ran to the home.

“I said ‘Is anyone in there? Is anyone giving her CPR?’,” Davis said.

Davis said she ran into the home and saw another neighbour giving Roberts CPR.

“She was just on the floor just lifeless and I tried to find where she was hurt and then I was applying pressure to her wound but she was already gone,” Davis added.

A GoFundMe created by a family friend of Roberts said they were “heartbroken by the devastating loss of such a beautiful young mum”.

“Our hearts are shattered following the tragic loss of our beautiful Mallorie,” they said.

“Mallorie leaves behind her precious son, a loving sister and a family whose lives have been changed forever.”

If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, phone 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) or the Crisis Care Helpline on 1800 199 008.