Tuesday 13 September 2022 08:31 AM Cops swoop on shirtless, tattooed man over stabbing death of Brisbane ... trends now
The police have released dramatic footage of officers swooping in to arrest a shirtless, tattooed man in thongs in connection to the killing of a Comanchero bikie associate.
Levi Johnston, 23, died after allegedly being attacked by a group of four men near the corner of Pine Mountain and Creek roads at Carindale in southern Brisbane at 1pm on Monday.
A 34-year-old man from East Brisbane was arrested by dog squad officers just a few hundred metres from where Mr Johnson was fatally stabbed.
Three other men suspected of being involved in the alleged incident are still on the run.
The footage, shot on body-worn cameras shortly after the killing, shows a male and two female officers approaching the man in a park, not far from where the incident occurred.
The man (pictured right, with police officers) is questioned in connection with a stabbing death before he is arrested
The man, who was wearing knee-length shorts, is then seen with his hands on his hips, talking to the officers.
He then calmly walked on a path through the park, flanked by police.
The man is next seen sitting with his back to a chain-link fence, holding his hands up to his ears while police officers discuss the situation and keep an eye on him.
He is then seen handcuffed and being helped into a blue paper suit, which is used to preserve any evidence on a suspect's body. The man was then walked to a police van and helped into it.
He has since been charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a weapon (revolver), possession of detachable magazines without license and authority required to possess explosives.
The man's case was mentioned in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning and he was remanded in custody to appear on September 29.
Earlier, it emerged that two mystery backpacks could hold vital clues to the 'horrific' stabbing death of the face-tattooed Mr Johnston.
Taskforce Maxima, a specialist police unit focused on outlaw bikie gangs, is closely involved in the investigation.
Stabbing victim Levi Johnston (pictured right) was an associate of Comanchero bikies
Levi Johnston (pictured) was stabbed to death in a southern Brisbane suburb on Monday
A Black Audi hatchback initially blocked the dead man's car in a gym car park before the Nissan four wheel drive rammed his car from the opposite side.
The police said the two backpacks that were later found nearby had come from the Audi.
Four men got out of the attackers' cars and started smashing the windows of the 23-year-old's car before he got out through a passenger door and ran away.
Two men chased him to a nearby residential street where one of them allegedly stabbed him multiple times.
The man (pictured in blue overalls) is handcuffed by police in a Brisbane park on Monday
He is pictured in the back of a police van after being helped into it by officers
Three men fled the scene in the Nissan, while the fourth ran away but was tracked down with police dogs and arrested.
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