Update: A man has been charged with murder following the death of an elderly man at Noosa Heads on June 18.
Investigations indicate at approximately 6am, an 87-year-old local man was located unconscious on a path along the beachfront at the northern end of Hastings Street.
He had sustained serious head injuries consistent with an alleged assault.
Bystanders assisted the man ahead of the emergency response, however, he died at the scene.
Police took a 27-year-old man into custody without incident approximately 100 metres away on the beachfront soon after and a crime scene was declared.
It is believed the two men are not known to each other.
A 27-year-old Gympie man has been charged with murder and will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court this afternoon.
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