The family of a 19-year-old woman critically injured in a drive-by shooting at a boxing event had been subjected to an earlier late-night attack at their home.
Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau remains in a critical condition after being shot in the face outside Fitzy’s in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night.
Four people were shot when two men wearing balaclavas and gloves opened fire from a silver Mitsubishi ASX during the Logan City Titles boxing event.
The shooting unfolded near the venue’s entrance, where more than 100 spectators—including families with young children—had gathered.
Police later found the Mitsubishi burnt out at Waterford West. Investigators believe the offenders escaped in another vehicle and that at least three people were involved.
The Daily Mail can now reveal that Ms Schuster-Togiatau’s family was targeted in another incident last year, when a mystery intruder slashed the tyres of three cars at their home.
Her sister, Kayla Togiatau, appealed to neighbours for information after discovering that the vehicles had been deliberately vandalised in an area outside the family’s security-camera coverage.
Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau remains in a critical condition after being shot in a drive-by gun attack outside Fitzy’s in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night
Police said two men wearing balaclavas and gloves were seen inside the vehicle
In a neighbourhood Facebook group in April 2025, Ms Togiatau wrote: ‘Hey Jimboomba people, I wanted to ask the community for some help or insight on an incident that occurred late night or early hours of the morning.’
‘This morning at 5am we noticed three of our cars each had two of their tyres slashed, six in total.
‘We have no idea what time this happened as they were clever enough to choose the three cars furthest from our front cam.’
Ms Togiatau included photographs showing the damaged tyres alongside her post.
‘It looks to us someone just stabbed each tyre with a knife,’ she wrote.
‘You can kind of see in the second pic.’
She identified where the incident had occurred and asked neighbours to review their home security footage for anything suspicious.
‘If anyone has front house cams could pretty please give some insight on activity last night it would be much appreciated.’
The post prompted an outpouring of concern, with locals condemning the damage in the comments.
‘It’s disgusting, what do people get out of doing this,’ one person wrote.
Kayla Togiatau appealed to neighbours for information after discovering that the attacker had deliberately vandalised vehicles parked outside the family’s security-camera view
Kayla Togiatau went on to reveal the location of the incident and urged neighbours to check their home security cameras for suspicious activity
The family believe six tyres were slashed with a knife
‘Hope you catch the scumbags,’ added another.
On Sunday, Detective Inspector Ian Galpin said detectives believed Ms Schuster-Togiatau was not the target of Saturday’s shooting.
‘I don’t believe the young lady was an intended victim of this, I believe she was an innocent bystander,’ Inspector Galpin said.
‘It appals me, it’s horrific. It’s something that she and her family should never have to go through.’
It’s understood Ms Schuster-Togiatau attended the boxing event with family members who were there to watch some of the younger boxers compete.
Just hours before the shooting, she had posted a happy video on social media of herself singing with her boyfriend in the back of a car.
Since the attack, speculation online has linked it to organised crime gangs, with police now probing whether the incident was an attempted gangland execution.
It is not suggested that any of the persons shot during the incident were in any way related to what is being speculated.
Ms Schuster-Togiatau posted a video of herself singing with her boyfriend in the back of a car just hours before the shooting
Taskforce Maxima, a specialist Queensland Police squad investigating outlaw motorcycle gangs and serious organised crime, is now assisting Logan CIB and State Crime Command
Boxing official Phil Austin, right, was in the foyer when shots erupted, with flying glass striking his arm
Taskforce Maxima, a specialist Queensland Police squad investigating outlaw motorcycle gangs and serious organised crime, is now assisting Logan CIB and State Crime Command with the investigation.
Phil Austin, from the Australian National Boxing Federation Queensland, rejected suggestions the shooting was a bikie or organised crime attack targeting the boxing event.
Austin told the Daily Mail that speculation was ‘people putting two and two together and getting five’.
‘I haven’t seen any reputed organised crime figures at a fight show in this country in years,’ he said.
‘Bikies used to go to events, but since the government changed their laws, you just don’t see them.’
Austin said he did not recognise any of the victims and could not say whether they had been attending the boxing.
He added: ‘I don’t even know if they were there to watch the boxing.’