Police update: Homicide investigation at Watsonville

Detectives from Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man with murder following the death of a 35-year-old man at Watsonville yesterday (November 23).

Police were called to a West Bischoff Road address at around 3.50pm after a man was allegedly shot once in the chest following a disturbance with a second man.

Officers located the 35-year-old deceased at the scene and arrested a 32-year-old Watsonville man at the address.

He has been denied police bail and remanded in custody to appear in the Mareeba Magistrates Court today.

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