Dramatic vision and wild details emerge from Bruce Highway shooter chase
The footage shows the black Holden Commodore speeding through suburban streets and on major highways, weaving through traffic as PolAir tracked the vehicle from above.
The police pursuit began after reports of gunfire on the Bruce Hwy near Murrumba Downs — just outside Brisbane — about 1.20pm on Wednesday.
Queensland Police allege Adam James Rae Slade, 26, from South Brisbane, and Tyger Jack Titmarsh, 26, from Rockhampton, fired shots at a 31-year-old concreter's ute on the highway.
'They were tailgating me; they would have been centimetres from the rear tray of my ute,' the 31-year-old tradie told 7NEWS.
'I saw the barrel come out and then bang.'
The Commodore allegedly sped off, sparking a dramatic hour-long pursuit through multiple suburbs before its tyres were spiked at Mount Samson.
The chase stretched 40km before the car was dumped on Watson Rd at Armstrong Creek, where the two men fled on foot before police dog Stryker tracked them down, police said.
Both were bitten during the arrest.
Slade remains in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital under police guard, where he is recovering from his injuries.
The gun has not been found despite a thorough search of the Commodore, police said.
Slade is facing seven charges, including unlawful use of a motor vehicle, dangerous operation, drug possession, and endangering the safe use of a road after allegedly hurling a tyre and a fire extinguisher into traffic.
Titmarsh also faces seven charges, among them driving while suspended, dangerous operation while intoxicated, failing to stop, and the same allegation of throwing a tyre and fire extinguisher onto the highway.
Neither man appeared before Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Titmarsh's case was adjourned to September 18 with no appearance required.
Slade will face court once released from hospital.
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