The family of a woman who was shot to death after being chased down the street by two men says they were excited for a new beginning in the New Year after suffering a devastating personal loss.
The body of Chloe Jade Mason, 23, was discovered outside a house in Caboolture, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, shortly after midnight on Sunday.
Police believe the young woman, known to loved ones as CeeJay, was shot while being “assaulted by two men.”
The murder weapon has not yet been recovered and the two unidentified men remain at large. Detectives believe Ms. Mason knew both men.
Mason’s family said Monday that the 23-year-old had been setting goals and hoping to start a new job before she was shot and killed.
His death comes four years after his death. His ex-partner, Kane Alexanderson, 18, was stabbed to death in Australia Day in 2020 in a gang fight.
Mason had an on-off relationship with Alexanderson for several years after the couple met when she was 14 years old.
‘They just loved each other. They were beautiful,” Mr Alexanderson’s mother, Bianca, told the Courier Mail.
Police believe Ms Mason, also known as CeeJay, was shot while being “assaulted by two men” who chased her after seeing her on a suburban road on the Sunshine Coast.
Mason’s sister Dani (left) said her sister had been turning her life around and had plans to “get back in shape” after suffering a devastating personal loss in 2020.
“They had their relationship on and off until the day he died.”
Daily Mail Australia also exclusively revealed this week that Ms Mason was facing a string of charges in Brisbane magistrates and the supreme courts before her death.
She had previously been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of supplying drugs.
A close friend took to social media to pay tribute to her “prison sister”, remembering how they communicated through cell vents during nighttime lockdowns.
But Mason’s sister Dani said the New Year was going to be a new beginning.
‘In the last conversation we had, she was getting fit and buying football boots. “She was the most incredible person you would ever meet, like she was someone you would want to have by your side in life,” he said.
‘She didn’t deserve this, no one deserves this.
‘How is it possible that someone is shot dead in the street and no one sees anything and no one says anything, in the middle of the street? It doesn’t make sense to me.’
A day after his murder, a chilling photo appeared on social media showing Mason making a gun with his hand.
A day after his murder, a chilling photo appeared on social media showing Mason making a gun with his hand.
Since then, his family has launched a GoFundMe page titled ‘Justice for Chloe’, which has raised $9,000 so far.
They had no savings or financial means to give Ms. Mason a funeral, her sister Hannah McKone wrote.
‘We kindly ask for help and support in this. All donated funds will be used directly for Chloe’s funeral.