Comanchero shot in face during rap video filming refusing to help cops

An alleged senior Comanchero bikie who was shot in the face during the filming of a rap video in Brisbane has refused to help police prosecute his alleged attacker.

An alleged senior Comanchero bikie who was shot in the face during the filming of a rap video in Brisbane’s south two months ago has refused to give a statement to police to help prosecute his alleged attacker, a court has heard.

Kyle Leofa, 25, has refused to assist police who have charged Hanad Mohammed Mohammud, 23, from Runcorn, with attempted murder, the Supreme Court has heard.

Other people who police suspect were involved in the Underwood shooting have also refused to give statements, the court has heard.

Details of the lack of cooperation with police were revealed in court on Thursday by Justice Peter Davis who granted Mr Mohammud bail with a $500,000 surety.

Alleged senior Comanchero bikie Kyle Leofa.

Mr Mohammud has been in custody since the September, when he was charged over the alleged shooting in Underwood on September 12.

Mr Mohammud, who the court heard does have a criminal history, was with a group of 20 people filming a music video in a carpark in Underwood when two ­vehicles approached the group, one of which contained Mr Leofa.

Mr Leofa is alleged to have been shot with a .22 calibre firearm.

Mr Mohammud’s counsel, Joshua Trevino KC, told the court that the surety offered was secured against a home with $1m equity.

Mr Trevino had also offered for his client to wear a GPS tracking device as a condition of his bail, but Justice Davis rejected this as unnecessary.

Summarising the case, Justice Davis said that the lead up to the alleged attempted murder had been caught on CCTV cameras, but the actual shooting was not clearly captured.

The prosecution case against Mr Mohammud is circumstantial, Justice Davis said.

Police allege the shooting arose out of a clash between rival groups of youths, and Mr Mohammud is alleged to be a member of the K12 group.

But Justice Davis said that he had “very little” confidence that Mr Mohammud was a member of that gang, as alleged, because the police officer’s objection to bail affidavit contained mere “assertions” about the gang membership but “very little upon which” the court can be confident.

The court heard that police had obtained statements from two witnesses who said they saw a group of youths and heard what they thought sounded like a “BB gun going off”.

Justice Davis granted Mr Mohammud bail on strict conditions including that he live at a Runcorn home, and abide by an 8pm to 4am curfew, report to police, not contact Mr Leofa and not contact prosecution witnesses.

He has also been ordered to surrender his passport, not approach airports or ports and not have any weapons.

Mr Mohammud is also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, going armed so as to cause fear, dangerous conduct with a weapon and acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm.

Originally published as Comanchero shot in face during rap video filming refusing to help cops