LATEST: A man has been charged with murder after another man was stabbed to death in what police allege was just a 90-second fight outside a Gold Coast pub.
The brawl erupted between two 26-year-old men in an outdoor smoking area at RQ’s Tavern on Markeri Street in Robina around 10.15pm on Thursday.
Police allege punches were thrown before one of the men pulled out a knife, stabbing the other in the chest.
“The male (offender) has arrived at the tavern in company with a female and arguments have commenced almost directly,” Detective Acting Inspector Mark Proctor said.
“As a result of that argument, he has produced a knife and stabbed the victim once in the chest”.
Detective Acting Inspector Proctor said it all unfolded very quickly.
“It was a fight that turned deadly very quickly. It started off as a fight, a knife was produced and it ended very quickly,” he said.
The young man, who was a regular at that tavern, was rushed to the Gold Coast University Hospital but died a short time later.
His alleged attacker fled the scene before police arrived, but was tracked down at a motel in Mermaid Beach around 2am where he was arrested.
The 26-year-old has since been charged with murder and will front Southport Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Detectives are continuing to appeal for witnesses or anyone with footage of the incident to come forward.
EARLIER: A major investigation is underway on the Gold Coast this morning after a man was killed outside a local pub.
Police and other emergency services were called to a tavern along Markeri Street in Robina around 10.15pm on Thursday following reports a man had been wounded in an altercation with another man.
When they arrived, they found the 26-year-old Nerang man with critical injuries and rushed him to the Gold Coast University Hospital.
He died in hospital around 11pm.
The other man involved had fled the scene before police arrived but officers were able to track him down to an address in Mermaid Beach where they took him in to custody around 2am on Friday.
The man, who is also 26, is now being questioned by police as they try to determine exactly what happened.
Investigators are appealing for any witnesses and anyone with relevant footage to come forward.
