Police are searching for a shooter on Queensland's Gold Coast after a man was shot in the arm on a hotel balcony from a neighbouring apartment.
Police received reports of a shooting at a hotel on Cavill Avenue at Surfers Paradise just before 11:00pm on Saturday.
They said an 18-year-old man had been standing on a unit balcony when a gun was fired from a neighbouring apartment.
The man was hit on the upper left arm and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the Gold Coast University Hospital.
No-one else was injured.
Police are investigating whether the shot came after a dispute over noise at the complex in Surfers Paradise.
They said they did not believe the victim and shooter knew each other and that detectives were treating it as a random incident.
The Gold Coast Highway was closed between Thomas Drive and Beach Road as officers responded.
Police are asking anyone with information or dashcam footage from the area to contact them.
