Brisbane man charged over Australiaâs only unsolved police shooting
Brisbane man charged over Australiaâs only unsolved police shooting
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Queensland detectives have charged a Brisbane man over a 1999 bank robbery and the shooting of a responding police officer, which had been Australiaâs only unsolved police shooting.
A 49-year-old man will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with 13 offences including attempted murder and deprivation of liberty.
The scene of the crime at the NAB branch in Browns Plains in 1999.
Credit:Queensland Police Service
It will be alleged two men - wearing off-white plastic masks, surgical-style gloves and carrying two-way radios - forced entry to the bank and held staff and customers at gunpoint.