Kye Hinrichs was shot at while driving on Lakes Creek Rd Berserker
A man got a shock driving home from work on Saturday when someone shot at his car along a main road with others on social media sharing similar experiences.
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A man got a shock driving home from work on Saturday when someone shot at his car along a main road with others on social media sharing similar experiences.
Kye Hinrichs was driving along Lakes Creek Rd near Doblo’s Farmers Market, between Edward St and 97 Lakes Creek Rd, when the incident took place at 4.50pm, according to a post on Rockhampton Community Notice Board on Facebook.
He immediately reported it to police.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said Mr Hinrichs told police he was driving in an easterly direction when he heard something hit the left rear passenger door and found the damage when he checked.
The Morning Bulletin contacted Mr Hinrichs to try and catch up with him on Sunday to talk through what happened, but he had to work all day.
In his post on Facebook, he asked if anyone had dashcam from that area from Saturday, or any information about who could have shot at his car, to contact him or police.
“I’m curious to know if it’s happened to someone else or it’s been a one off event,” Mr Hinrich wrote.
The post attracted 48 comments within 45 minutes before comments were turned off. It has been shared 86 times by 1pm Sunday.
Brett Edmonds commented that Mr Hinrichs was lucky the bullet struck the vehicle and not his body.
Clint Miles commented the damage looked like it came from a .22 rifle from a distance of 50m to 70m, and many others made similar comments.
Scotty Paul said a few months back he was walking from Glenmore to Rockyview and got shot twice in the back near the uni and again near Glen Eden.
“The next day same thing was walking towards Rockyview and got shot again in the back near the lights at the Dream Time centre,” he wrote.
“(I) have holes in the two shirts that I was wearing at the times and indents/holes where I got hit.”
Tammy Tull commented she had that done to her car few months ago going over the bridge in front of the shopping fair on Yaamba Rd.
The QPS spokesman said police are investigating Mr Hinrichs incident.
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