Charges laid in shooting

JAY FIELDING

A MAN and a woman have appeared in court charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Maryborough.

Richard Kraudelt, 29, of Urangan, and Nicole Nicholson, 39, of Maryborough, were remanded in custody when they appeared in Maryborough Magistrates Court on Monday.

Their charges were adjourned until October 10.

The pair had been arrested on Sunday.

The victim, 30-year-old Joseph Ward, was shot in the chest following an altercation near the corner of Walker and Stevenson Streets about 9.30pm on Thursday, August 18.

Mr Ward was taken to Hervey Bay Hospital in a critical condition before being airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, where he remains in a stable condition.

Mr Ward was sentenced in 2018 to four years and nine months behind bars for grievous bodily harm after stabbing a man at the Old Sydney Hotel in Maryborough.

He was 26 at the time of the stabbing, which left the 35-year-old victim with a 7cm cut to his liver and requiring multiple surgeries.

Meanwhile, police are also investigating a reported shooting on Friday, August 19, near the intersection of Walker and Tooley Streets.

An employee of a nearby business said a shot had been fired before a person with a gun got into a car that then was driven off.

A police spokesperson said officers had not found evidence that a shooting had taken place but were investigating, interviewing people in the area and viewing CCTV footage.

The spokesperson said the shooting on August 18 and the reported shooting on August 19 were not believed to be linked.