Vana Schuster identified as victim of Loganholme pub shooting

Police appeal for information after patrons were caught in drive-by gunfire, while Queensland's leaders disagree over a national gun buyback.

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0:00The anchors identify 19-year-old Vana Schuster as a victim of the Loganholme drive-by shooting.
0:46Paramedics treat wounded patrons inside the pub foyer after gunfire from a passing vehicle.
1:40Heagney describes boxing spectators taking cover beneath the ring as shots were fired.
2:01The report traces suspects' vehicle movements and describes torched getaway cars.
3:39Crisafulli opposes the gun buyback; Miles argues removing dangerous weapons can make people safer.
3:55Millward cites stolen-firearm statistics as part of the debate over access to guns.

Vana Schuster, 19, has been identified as a victim of the drive-by shooting outside Fitzy's pub in Loganholme, Queensland, as police appeal to people who know who carried out the attack to come forward.

"Her family is distraught," Queensland Police Chief Superintendent Mel Adams says in the report from Australian broadcaster 9 News Australia. Adams describes those caught in the shooting as "a random group of people at the front of a popular hotel who became victims."

Footage shows paramedics treating wounded patrons in the pub foyer. Crime reporter Pat Heagney also describes people attending a local boxing match taking cover beneath the ring as shots were fired. His account follows the suspects' vehicle movements and reports that getaway cars were set alight.

"I can tell you that there will be people out there who know who did this," Adams says in her public appeal.

The report then turns to the disagreement over whether a national gun buyback would help prevent such violence. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli maintains his opposition to the scheme, arguing that lawful possession and criminal access should be treated differently. "Good people should be able to have weapons. Bad people should have none," he says.

Opposition Leader Steven Miles argues that reducing the number of dangerous weapons is itself a way to improve public safety. Reporter Jessica Millward also raises the issue of stolen firearms in Queensland, placing access to guns alongside the immediate investigation into the pub attack.

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