The video shows police approaching a grey Mazda 3 with yellow Learner plates, screaming at the driver to “get down, get down, out of the car now, get down, hands behind your back!”
A man, wearing what appears to be a yellow hi-vis shirt and blue shorts, is then shown face down on the ground as he is handcuffed by officers.
The man then allegedly approached the grey Mazda 3 that was being driven by a 16-year-old learner driver, under instruction from her parents.
The girl and her parents fled on foot and were not physically injured.
“I can’t imagine having a firearm presented and being told to get out of the vehicle wouldn’t have some impact, but, as I understand, the firearm was not discharged,” Overland said.
The man was arrested at 12.48pm near Steve Irwin Way and remains in hospital under police guard.
The 41-year-old Tewantin man has been charged with a slew of driving, weapons and drugs offences.
The charges include two counts of armed robbery, two counts of possessing dangerous drugs, two counts of unlawful entry of a vehicle for committing an indictable offense, as well as dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm, dangerous operation of a vehicle adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, going armed as to cause fear, unlawful possession of a firearm used to commit an indictable offense, possess tainted property, authority required to possess explosives, driver fail to remain at the incident, and driving with a suspended license.
The matter will be mentioned in court today.
