Alleged shooters named as Zac Anthony Warren-Rourke, Thomas Craig Grundy

A Qld roofer charged with attempted murder lost his twin in one of the worst crashes in the state’s history. The identity of a second alleged shooter and what police say went down can also be revealed.

A roofer charged over an alleged shooting can be named as the twin of a young tradie who died in one of the worst Bruce Highway crashes in Queensland’s history.

Zac Anthony Warren-Rourke, 22, of Koongal has been charged with one count each of attempted murder and acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm along with two counts of enter dwelling and commit.

The charges were laid following police investigations into two separate shootings and two robberies at a property in Peter St, Rockhampton between February 21 and March 6.

Zac’s twin brother Max died in a catastrophic truck explosion which shut down the Bruce Highway for several days and left a deep crater in the road south of Gladstone on August 30 last year.

Three months have passed since a catastrophic truck explosion took the life of 21-year-old Max Rourke (left), pictured with twin brother Zac.

Max’s ute had collided with a truck carrying ammonium nitrate just after 5am that morning.

The crash caused the truck to spill its load, causing it to catch fire and later in the morning, a second tank of ammonium nitrate exploded, leaving a five-metre crater.

Three months after Max’s tragic death, Zac spoke with The Observer about how filling his late brother’s shoes as director/project manager was not only about keeping the business going and its dozen staff in employment but also keeping Max’s memory alive.

An aerial image showing the impact of a truck explosion at Bororen.

Zac was one of two men last week arrested and charged over after the Peter St shootings.

Police allege the second man, Thomas Craig Gundy, 22, works for Zac and his father, Anthony, who both now run Max’s roofing company.

Mr Grundy, also of Koongal has been charged with one count each of one count of acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm and threatening violence by discharge firearm or other act along with two counts of enter dwelling and commit.

Both accused men are originally from the Gold Coast with Zac and his twin brother relocating to Central Queensland in 2020 when demand for roofers spiked after a supercell storm with tennis-ball sized hail caused widespread damage at the Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton.

‘Fired through floor of house’: What police allege went down in linked shootings

Both Mr Warren-Rourke and Mr Grundy had their charges mentioned in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Friday, March 7.

Court documents viewed by The Morning Bulletin included photographs of CCTV screenshots of the men allegedly carrying the weapons as they arrived at the shooting address on March 6.

Mr Warren-Rourke’s attempted murder charge stems from an alleged shooting on February 21 while one enter dwelling is from March 2 and the other charges are from March 5.

According to the court documents, which include objection to bail affidavits, police allege victim Benjamin Sorensen had attended the Peter St address on February 21, 2025, to talk to the occupant, Adam Brown, about an incident that occurred earlier that day.

The documents allege Mr Warren-Rourke arrived soon after in a Ford Raptor, armed with a firearm, and shot at Mr Sorensen about five times, hitting him in the left arm as he ran for cover.

Police at the scene where shots were fired on Peter Street, Berserker, on March 5, 2025 and a man was injured.

They also allege Mr Warren-Rourke immediately left in the Ford and Mr Sorensen was “assisted to his vehicle and drove” to Rockhampton Hospital.

Police responded to calls about shots being fired in Peter St and, according to the documents, found shell casings and blood at the scene.

They were then notified a person with a gunshot wound had attended the hospital.

According to the documents, witness accounts and CCTV evidence put Mr Warren-Rourke’s vehicle at Peter St at the time Mr Sorensen was shot.

On Thursday March 6, Rockhampton Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Officer in Charge Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Kevin Mawdsley said it appeared there had been a “fallout” between the men.

However, he said the motivations of the alleged shooters were not clear.

Police will allege Mr Grundy lived at the Peter St property in the lead-up to the alleged offences but had moved out since and that nine days after the first shooting Mr Warren-Rourke and Mr Grundy went back to the Peter St home about 7.30pm.

Police are investigating two shootings on Peter, St Berseker.

They also allege Mr Warren-Rourke was armed with a baseball bat and Mr Grundy with either a .22 or .23 calibre rifle.

According to the documents, Mr Grundy allegedly yelled at Mr Brown, claiming he’d been set up to be arrested for the February 21 shooting.

Police allege the pair then stole a speaker before Mr Warren-Rourke handed the baseball bat to Mr Grundy who struck Mr Brown on the left leg with it before leaving and allegedly returning three days later about 5.20am, entering the house on the lower level after smashing the glass sliding door with a whipper-snipper.

Mr Warren-Rourke and Mr Grundy trashed the house on this occasion, stealing a stone grinder and two CCTV security cameras and returned about 12.30pm with the former armed with a golf club and latter with two shortened firearms, the documents allege.

Photographs of CCTV screenshots attached to the court documents allegedly show the men carrying the weapons as they arrived.

According to the documents, Mr Grundy handed one of the guns to Mr Warren-Rourke who then went into the backyard while Mr Grundy remained in the front.

They allege Mr Warren-Rourke then shot Mr Brown as he stood on the second level at the back door throwing objects down at the accused to stop him from entering the house and that the bullet went through the floor of the house before hitting Mr Brown in the back left leg.

Both accused men then left Peter St in vehicles, according to the documents.

Police attended soon after and Mr Brown was taken to Rockhampton Hospital where it was determined that the “projectile” couldn’t be “removed by surgeons without causing further significant damage”.

Police raided three properties in Koongal on March 6 with two addresses noted in the court documents – one on Thozet Road where Mr Warren-Rourke lived and another on Elphinstone Street where Mr Grundy moved to after Peter St.

Mr Warren-Rourke was arrested at his home while Mr Grundy, according to the documents, was found on an unregistered and uninsured motorbike while not wearing a helmet at a car wash on Musgrave Street.

Police will allege Mr Grundy immediately attempted to flee from the specialist police who approached him before he was arrested.

The case against both men has been adjourned until May.

Originally published as Alleged shooters named as Zac Anthony Warren-Rourke, Thomas Craig Grundy