Forensic team comb farmland for fresh evidence in Thor Morgan’s killing

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For the second day in a row forensic officers have been in the Toowoomba area searching for evidence as they investigate Thor Morgan’s death.

On Friday they joined with State Emergency Service volunteers to comb an area of farmland in Felton for spent bullet casings.

Toowoomba CIB officer-in-charge Paul McCusker said a stolen Mitsubishi ASX SUV was torched on Tyson Road in Felton on March 2 and he suspected one of the people involved in that incident was also involved in Mr Morgan’s death.

Police suspect the firearm that made this hole at the intersection of Tyson Rd and Toowoomba Karara Road in Felton may have been the same weapon that killed Thor Morgan. Picture: Nev Madsen.

“What we do believe is that a person involved in (the arson) was also involved in discharging a firearm at that spot, discharging a number of shots across this road,” he said.

“We believe that firearm is linked to the shooting death of Mr Morgan.”

Mr Morgan had left his girlfriend’s home in Coonan Street in Harlaxton about 2.50am on March 15 when up to four people pulled beside him in a stolen Ford Ranger dual cab ute on Ruthven Street.

They fired several shots at Mr Morgan, one of which struck him in the head.

Despite the wound, Mr Morgan walked back to his girlfriend’s house where an ambulance was called and he was taken to the Toowoomba Hospital.

The 25-year-old Toowoomba man was transferred to Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital, but surgeons were unable to remove the bullet and Mr Morgan died from the injury on May 16.

Police and SES personnel conduct ground searches at the intersection of Tyson Rd and Toowoomba Karara Road, Felton. Picture: Nev Madsen.

That Ford Ranger was stolen from a Wilsonton address on March 13 and was later found burnt out on Nunkulla Road at Felton – a short distance from where police were searching yesterday.

Sgt McCusker urged anyone who witnessed suspicious activity near the intersection of Tyson Road and Toowoomba Karara Road on March 2 to come forward.

“Someone from the public may have come past, saw people on this road or given a lift to someone,” he said.

On Thursday police returned to parkland near the intersection of the New England Highway and Perry Street in Harlaxton to look for bullet casings.

Sgt McCusker said it was only a matter of time before police caught the killer.

“This matter is progressing very well,” he said.

“These in-depth jobs take a lot of staff and a lot of time but we will not stop until we will get a result with respect to who shot Mr Morgan.”