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POLICE have launched a major investigation to determine whether two fatal shootings in south-east Queensland are linked.

A police spokesman said officers found the body of a man in the car park of Laidley Police Station after hearing a single gunshot at about 8pm (AEST) on Friday.

The man had previously been seen near the police station carrying a rifle.

He has not been formally identified.

As the shooting happened on police property, the case is being treated as a death in custody, police said.

Ethical Standards Command is conducting the investigation, which is being overseen by the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

The man's death was the second fatal shooting in the region on Friday, after the death of a 47-year-old man in inner-city Brisbane.

Officers were called to an apartment complex in Newstead about noon (AEST) after reports of a shooting.

Detective Inspector Wesley Biddle said a man was found with a gunshot wound.

"We are investigating the matter as a homicide," Inspector Biddle said on Friday.

The Nine Network reported the victim was an IT executive who lived in the Macquarie Street apartment building.

Were you in the area at the time?  Call reporter Andrew Korner on 3817 1717.