Police are hunting for two men wanted in connection with the murder of Comancheros associate Levi Maurice Johnson, releasing their identities to the public.
The 23-year-old was stabbed and left to bleed to death outside the Goodlife gym in Carindale, Brisbane, around 1pm on Monday.
Police have arrested two of the four men allegedly responsible for the murder with the identities of the other two men wanted in connection with the fatal attack released on Wednesday.
Thomas Myler, 35, and Kyle Martin, 24, are both wanted in relation to the murder, with police urging anyone with information on their whereabouts to come forward.
Police urged members of the public not to approach either man but to call triple zero.
Kyle Martin, 24, is wanted for questioning by police in connection to the murder of Comancheros associate Levi Maurice Johnson on Monday
Thomas Myler, 35, is the second man Queensland police wish to speak with in connection with Johnson’s ambush killing
Mr Johnson was killed after his Mercedes was hemmed in by a black Audi A3 hatchback behind him and rammed from the front by a white Nissan Patrol as he tried to leave the Goodlife gym driveway.
Four attackers smashed his window with a crowbar and he fled through the passenger door, but didn’t get far before one of the men caught up and stabbed him in a frenzy, leaving him bleeding on the road.
One of his alleged attackers Stuart Galloway, 34, was soon arrested by police with a second 34-year old man from Birkdale taken into custody on Wednesday.
On Monday, gym patrons and other Good Samaritans desperately tried to save him by staunching the wounds and used a defibrillator to try to revive him after they lost his pulse.
Comancheros associate Levi Maurice Johnson, 23, was stabbed to death in an ambush outside a Goodlife gym in Carindale, Brisbane on Monday. He is pictured with his sister, world champion boxer Cherneka ‘Sugar Neekz’ Johnson
Witnesses described a scene of bloody chaos as he lay across the kerb mortally wounded by numerous stab wounds to his abdomen.
Three of the attackers sped away in the Patrol but the Audi would not start and its driver fled on foot. The police said the two backpacks that were later found nearby came from the Audi.
Galloway was dramatically arrested by dog squad police who found him hiding in bushes at a reserve just a few hundred metres from the attack.
The shirtless man surrendered to police and was handcuffed and put into a forensic clean suit to preserve DNA on his body and clothes.
He was charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a revolver, and possessing gun ammunition and explosive without a licence.
Galloway faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning and he was remanded in custody to appear on September 29. He has not been charged over Mr Johnson’s murder.
Stuart Galloway, 34, was dramatically arrested by dog squad police who found him hiding in bushes at a reserve just a few hundred metres from the attack
Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said the attack, which happened in front of members of the public, was deeply concerning.
‘These males were extremely motivated to hunt this individual down,’ he said at the scene on Monday.
‘This incident was fully captured on CCTV. I have viewed that CCTV and it is confronting and horrific.
‘We don’t know the motive of what’s occurred, whether there was planning involved or whether there was an incident that escalated in the nearby streets.
‘What was clear was their intent to cause significant harm to this individual.’
‘Big Lev’, as his friends called him, had numerous tattoos on his body including a cartoon character on his arm, skulls on his knees and shins, and ‘respect’ and ‘honour’ in Chinese characters on his face
Mr Johnson, while not a patched member of the Comancheros still found himself in some trouble.
On October 31 last year during a brawl he was stabbed on the Gold Coast at an alleged arson attack.
Police alleged at the time that Mr Johnson and an associate were at a unit in Biggera Waters when a fight broke out between them and acquaintances.
He and the other man then allegedly left, only to return armed and with intent to burn the home down. They didn’t get that far though as Mr Johnson was stabbed by a Mongols member.
It is not known whether the brawl and his murder are connected but police are probing the possibility his attackers may be linked to the rival gang.
Mr Johnson was charged with attempted arson and dangerous conduct with a weapon, but both were dropped on September 1 – less than two weeks before his death.
Five days later he pleaded guilty to drug possession and was convicted, but no other punishment was imposed.
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