A 25-year-old man has been taken into custody in relation to a fatal assault in a Gold Coast shopping centre car park.
Emergency services were called to the car park along Santa Barbara Road in the suburb of Hope Island on Monday afternoon after reports a man had been seriously assaulted.
The man was found with life-threatening injuries, including a chest wound. Emergency services tried to revive the man but he was declared deceased at the scene a short time later.
Police declared a crime scene and launched a homicide investigation.
A 25-year-old man has since been taken into custody in relation to the assault and investigations are continuing.