Ross Tighe saw his brother, mother and stepfather allegedly shot dead and suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach but hid in bushes to escape before he drove 40km to raise the alarm.
Ross Tighe, his older brother Graham, mother Maree Schwarz, and stepfather Mervyn were shot on their Bogie property, in Queensland s Whitsundays region, about 9am on Thursday.
The suspected gunman behind the horror mass shooting that killed three family members and left another critically injured at a rural property in North Queensland is in custody.