Responding officers described the scene as “chaotic”.
“It was a confusing situation because it was a party, obviously, and when police turn up at a party it was confusing until obviously all persons present understood what was going on and why police were there,” Detective Acting Superintendent Craig Williams said on Friday morning.
A triple-zero call had been made to police, Williams said, but whether the call came from inside the home was still being investigated.
Police outside the house on Friday.Credit: William Davis
“It’s an extremely distressing job, of course, when a young person is involved and any time there’s loss of life,” he said.
“It’s distressing for the family, it’s distressing for the community, and the innocent people at the house who had nothing to do with it.”
The accused boy was found in a nearby street by officers and remained in custody, with the Children’s Court on Friday hearing he had been taken to hospital. His case was adjourned to September 2.
Josephson founded the Universal Store in 1999 with his brother Michael, with the first store opening in Carindale in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs. The brothers no longer own the company, having sold it for $100 million in 2018. As of December, there were more than 80 Universal Store shopfronts across Australia.
The Clayfield home in which Greg Josephson’s body was found on Thursday night.
The 58-year-old was most recently the chief executive of Josephson Holdings, and previously held roles at Westfield and Lendlease.
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The Josephson family home, with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, sat on a 1259-square-metre block and had been listed for sale last month.
It was bought in May 2016 for $1.91 million and had undergone extensive renovation since.
On Friday afternoon, Josephson’s family issued a statement through police asking for privacy.
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