Police investigating how car passenger came to be shot in the back

A woman is fighting for her life after she was shot through the passenger seat of a car.

The 33-year-old went to a Trees Road home in Tallebudgera, on the southern end of the Gold Coast, around midday on Wednesday when she was shot in the back.

Police say she had been sitting in the passenger seat of a car when the shooting occurred. Detectives suspect the gunshot came from inside the vehicle and went through the seat.

The woman was rushed to the Gold Coast University Hospital with a life-threatening injury.

“We don’t know at this point in time whether she’ll survive,” Detective Inspector Mark Mooney told reporters at the scene on Wednesday.

A homicide investigation has been launched given the severity of the victim’s injuries.

Mooney said a person at the home had been moving out and the woman had arrived with a group to help.

He said a number of people had arrived throughout the day to collect free items advertised on Facebook Marketplace.