Woman, baby injured in drug shooting
By Nikki Todd
May 19, 2007 07:23pm
A WOMAN carrying a baby was shot in the stomach during what is believed to have been a drug-related attack at her home in Brisbane.
The woman, 41, was shot at her home at Stafford on Brisbane's northside about 6.50am (AEST) today, police said.
She was taken to Royal Brisbane Hospital with non life-threatening wounds.
Her one-year-old son, who was sitting her hip at the time of the attack, was also taken to hospital with minor leg injuries.
Both were in a stable condition but expected to remain in hospital overnight.
A 12-year-old daughter who was in the house at the time was not injured.
The attack is believed to have been sparked by a dispute over stolen drugs, with the intruders reportedly searching the house room by room before turning a shotgun on the woman.
Four people, two women and two men, later fled in a sports car.
Police Superintendent Colin Campbell said the woman was specifically targeted in the attack.
"We are taking this extremely seriously," Supt Campbell said.
"We are treating this as not a random act. We are treating this as a deliberate act, we believe it was specifically targeted at this address."
Two people were late today being questioned by police after they were arrested at a shopping centre north of Brisbane.
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