Two gunmen are on the run after shooting a Gold Coast father in the eye in a targeted daylight assault.
Businessman Steven Jaison Saillot, 36, was pulling away from his home on Roe Street, Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast about 8am on Thursday when two men in a white hatchback pulled up in front of the house and shot him in the eye.
Mr Saillot, who had a workmate in the passenger seat, ran for his life and hid in a nearby garden before approaching a neighbour for help.
Businessman Steven Jaison Saillot, 36, (pictured) was pulling away from his home on Roe Street, Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast about 8am on Thursday
When emergency services were called, Mr Saillot was taken to hospital where he was treated for serious injuries to his eye.
Mr Saillot miraculously survived the shooting and was able to help investigators piece together what happened.
Police are still hunting for the gunmen after the drive-by shooting, which left neighbours terrified.
Mr Saillot miraculously survived the shooting and was able to help investigators (pictured at the scene) piece together what happened
When emergency services were called, Mr Saillot (right) was taken to hospital where he was treated for serious injuries to his eye
Speaking to Nine News on Thursday, one resident said she ‘heard them yelling’ outside her house.
‘It’s pretty scary, I’m going to go and lock all my doors,’ one woman told Nine News.
‘It is terrifying, we’re not game to go outside the house,’ another said.
Gold Coast police are still hunting for the two gunmen.
Gold Coast police (pictured outside Mr Saillot’s home) are still hunting for the two gunmen