Overview

• Police allege Luke Ralston fired multiple shots from a high-powered rifle stolen in a break-in 24 hours earlier into a Kingaroy home around 4 am Wednesday, forcing occupants to flee.
• Saint Mary’s Catholic College was closed and access to Kingaroy Hospital restricted as officers conducted a widescale search of the town.
• Ralston was arrested at Goodger—about 15 km from Kingaroy—around 1.30 pm after allegedly stealing a vehicle to evade capture.
• He faces 30 charges, including acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm, dangerous conduct with a weapon and entering a premises to commit an indictable offence.
• Investigators are continuing to probe possible domestic violence links and are urging anyone with information to come forward.