More than 60 Queensland detectives are investigating the execution-style killing of infamous ‘ballroom blitz’ brawl bikie Shane Bowden at his Gold Coast home.

October 16, 2020

The hunt for the killers of notorious “ballroom blitz” brawl bikie Shane Bowden continues with more than 60 homicide detectives working the case.

Bowden, 48, was gunned down at his Pimpama home early on Monday after surviving a failed attempt to kill him in Melbourne three months ago.

The former Mongol turned Finks outlaw motorcycle gang member was shot dead as he returned from the gym just after midnight.

“He’s driven into his garage and that’s when he was attacked,” Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith told reporters on Monday.

“He hasn’t even got out of his vehicle and he’s been shot multiple times.

Up to a dozen shots were fired through Bowden’s car window.

“It clearly seems he’s been ambushed. He’s been executed,” Det Supt Smith said.

Bowden was once part of the Finks’ “terror team” and jailed over the Gold Coast’s “ballroom blitz” brawl in which three people were shot and two stabbed in 2006.

Police believe the killing was unlikely to be gang-on-gang and was suspected to be a result of Bowden’s personal history and recent behaviour.

Police Minister Mark Ryan on Thursday said police were “throwing significant resources” into the investigation to find the killers.

“And those offenders, they’ll be caught. They’ll be brought before the courts and they will go to jail for a very, very long time,” he said.

Investigators are piecing together a timeline of events leading up to the death.

Police on Friday confirmed investigations were continuing.

They have asked for members of the public with dashcam footage from the Pimpama area in the week leading up to the shooting to come forward.