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<postdate>2025-01-09 09:09:10</postdate>
<headline>Woman fights for life after car shooting</headline>
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<caption>A 33-year-old woman was rushed to hospital after she was shot in the back on the Gold Coast. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)</caption>
<p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Savannah Meacham</strong> in Brisbane</span></p>
<p><strong>A woman is fighting for her life after she was shot through the passenger seat of a car.</strong></p>
<p>The 33-year-old went to a home in Tallebudgera, on the southern end of the Gold Coast, around midday on Wednesday when she was shot in the back.</p>
<p>Police say she had been sitting in the passenger seat of a car when the shooting occurred. Detectives suspect the gunshot came from inside the vehicle and went through the seat.</p>
<p>The woman was rushed to the Gold Coast University Hospital with a life-threatening injury.</p>
<p>"We don't know at this point in time whether she'll survive," Detective Inspector Mark Mooney told reporters at the scene on Wednesday.</p>
<p>A homicide investigation has been launched given the severity of the victim's injuries.</p>
<p>Det Mooney said a person at the home had been moving out and the woman had arrived with a group to help.</p>
<p>He said a number of people had arrived throughout the day to collect free items advertised on Facebook Marketplace.</p>
<p>"At this point in time we don't know who the shooter is," Det Mooney said.</p>
<p>"We would suspect that they would know each other, but we're open to all scenarios."</p>
<p>Police have not yet found the firearm used.</p>
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