Police hunt Brisbane 'gunman' who allegedly set fire to house
Police in Brisbane are hunting a man they say is "armed, dangerous and unpredictable".
Mitchell James Wilson is believed to have an AK-47 and has been on the run for several days after two shootings and a house fire, police allege.
A video appears to show him grabbing a semi-automatic rifle and firing round after round of bullets at a man's feet during a heated argument on Thursday morning in the Moreton Bay region suburb of Brendale.
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Police are looking for a man who allegedly threatened a home's resident with a gun before setting fire to the property in Brisbane. Supplied
Mitchell Wilson went to the home in Lister Street, Sunnybank with the gun, threatened the owner and set fire to the home at 9.15pm on Thursday, Queensland Police said. Supplied
Police said it was a surprise no one was shot during the incident.
He later went to the Bracken Ridge area in Brisbane's north, where his electronic monitoring bracelet was allegedly removed.
Then at 8.55pm in Mount Gravatt in the city, he allegedly waited for two women finishing work to walk down a dark laneway before ordering one to get into the Audi.
When she refused, police allege he pulled the trigger as the pair ran away and hid in nearby bushes.
Twenty minutes later Wilson pulled up at a Sunnybank home in Brisbane's south, armed with a jerry can.
He allegedly confronted a man, doused petrol in the hallways and bedroom, and set the house alight before jumping back in the car and leaving, as the fireball erupted.
The drug trafficker confronted a man, doused petrol in the hallways and bedroom, and set the house alight before jumping back in the car and leaving, as the fireball erupted. Nine
Nobody was hurt but the house was destroyed.
Despite police searching several homes across Brisbane, honing in on Bracken Ridge and Redcliffe, where it's believed he has ties, he remains on the run.
They appealed for help tracking him down but warned he should not be approached.
"I consider this man armed, dangerous, irrational, but particularly unpredictable." Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said.
Wilson is described as white and about 185 centimetres tall with a solid build, light brown hair and hazel eyes.
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