Kingaroy: Man arrested over shooting that sparked lock down
A man is in police custody after shots were fired from a Queensland home early on Wednesday.
The incident sparked a manhunt, with schools and a hospital locked down while police tracked a man who was believed to be armed.
Gunshots were fired from a property on Arthur Street in Kingaroy about 4am, police say, with the man allegedly fleeing the scene in a black Suzuki Swift, with false number plates displaying 551 GE9.
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Kingaroy Hospital and a number of local schools and businesses were shut down during the manhunt.
Around 1.30pm, officers arrested a 25-year-old man at Foleys Road at Goodger.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
