Police investigate gunshot audio sent to election candidate Jeremy Neal

The unverified five-minute message, heard by NewsWire, features multiple loud gunshots.

A loud gunshot is heard, and then a smaller echo rings out.

The sound of gunfire continues for the remainder of the message. No words are spoken.

Queensland Police has been contacted for comment.

Mr Neal is competing for the far north Queensland seat in the May 3 election following the retirement of long-serving LNP representative Warren Entsch.

The seat is held by the LNP on a 3.4 per cent margin and is a key Labor target.

Mr Neal, a paramedic, is going up against Labor candidate Mat Smith.

Phillip Musumeci is competing for the Greens, Greg Dowling for the Trumpet of Patriots, Les Searle for Family First, Daniel Collins for Katter’s Australian Party, Lloyd Russell for Libertarian and Robert Hicks for One Nation.

The audio message is not the first form of harassment Mr Neal has suffered on the campaign trail.

A campaign corflute featuring his face has been defaced with the term “fascist”.

Mr Neal, a paramedic, has endured other forms of harassment separate to the phone message.

More to come.