Prospect pair arrested after Kurralta Park shooting

Police have arrested a man and a woman at Prospect on a series of charges allegedly linked to a shooting at Kurralta Park last month.

Police take away evidence from the scene of a shooting in January, 2022.

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man from Prospect in connection with the shooting of 19-year-old at a Kurralta Park unit complex last month.

The 26-year-old was arrested at Prospect on Wednesday afternoon after a 19-year-old man was found on a balcony at a block of Anglicare units just after 2.30am on Sunday, January 22, with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

He was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police investigating the shooting incident at Kurralta Park.

The 26-year-old man was charged with attempted murder, aggravated robbery, firearms offences, trafficking in a controlled drug and trafficking in a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug.

Police said drugs were allegedly found in man’s possession when he was arrested.

During the man’s arrest, Southern District CIB detectives also arrested a 22-year-old woman, who was charged with firearm offences, trafficking in a controlled drug and trafficking in a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug.

Police have not confirmed if the 22-year-old woman was connected to the teenagers’ shooting, but can said the shooting was not a random incident.

The arrested man and woman were refused police bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday.