POLICE have denied bikie violence is escalating despite the overnight shootings of two Brisbane buildings with bikie links.

Detective Inspector Garry Watts, who heads Taskforce Hydra, said police were unsure of who was behind the attacks.

WATCH replay of live stream of police press conference on the shootings

"I don't know whether it's escalating or not but it certainly is a concern,'' Insp Watts said.

He said the acts would not be tolerated by the Queensland Police Service.

About 4.15am, shots were fired at the Bandido clubhouse in Woolloongabba.

Barely eight minutes later, a Milton tattoo parlour on Park Road with links to the Bandido bikie gang was also shot at.

At 4.35am, a Mazda 6 sedan was found on fire at Mount Coot-tha, with police believing the incident could be linked to the drive-bys.

"At this stage we have no idea who is behind the current incidents,'' Insp Watts said.

But with ballistic experts called to both scenes this morning, police are confident they will be able to find who is behind the attacks.

Police have already determined a large calibre shotgun was used in the attacks.

media_camera BIKIE WAR: Detective Inspector Gary Watts. Picture: Sarah Marshall

"We have been unable to ascertain identification details... (but) if we can gather sufficient evidence, it will go before the courts.''

Bandidos bikie members gathered at the Woolloongabba address this morning after about five shots peppered their clubhouse.

A shopfront window was shot up, with the pattern resembling a love heart.

The Bandidos signage on the building's awning was also shot.

media_camera Bullet hole in the form of a heart at the bikie shooting at Woolloongabba. Picture: Nathan Richter

Concerned business owners rushed to their Stanley Street stores after hearing of the early morning bikie shootings.

Landlords CK and Irene Woo said it was heartbreaking to see the damage.

"We don't know what to do," Mr Woo said.

media_camera VIOLENCE: Police officers investigate a shooting at a tattoo parlor on Park Road at Milton. Picture: Sarah Marshall

Describing themselves as "normal citizens," the couple said they had never had trouble with their tenants.

Their tenants, including the owner of a massage business, have returned to their stores and are anxious to reopen but police are still at the scene, analysing the five bullet holes.

The neighbouring clairvoyant Luke Quadrelli was able to return to his shop to pick up some items this morning.

He said he hadn't seen the shootings coming.

But other locals seemed unfazed by the prospect of a bikie war on their doorstep.

Woollongabba residents Phillip Peel and Aaron McAdam shared a coffee barely 50m down the road as police and bikie members swarmed the shot up club house.

"It doesn't faze me," Mr McAdam said. "They're friendly enough."

Mr Peel also lives around the corner but said he had not heard anything during the night.

"Obviously it's targeted and I'm not a bikie," he said.

media_camera EVIDENCE: Police set up a crime scene at a tattoo parlor on Park Road at Milton after it was shot at. Picture: Sarah Marshall

Tyrone Foster, a local businessman who lives and works in the area, said he heard shots around 4am.

"It just sounded like someone hitting a sign or something," Mr Foster said.

The hairdresser said nothing like this had happened in the area.

The business next door to the clubhouse, Pho Central restaurant, was also hit.

Passersby were directed around the scene, which was taped off by police.

At Milton, coffee drinkers have had the to negotiate their way around crime scene tape as detectives continue to investigate the shooting.

Four shots - believed to be from a shotgun - have blasted through the front window of Park Rd tattoo shop Inksanity.

media_camera Bullet holes in the front window of the Inksanity tatoo parlour. Picture: Kate Kyriacou via iPhone

Among the coffee drinkers are Inksanity staff, who are shielding their faces from television cameras by pulling their jumpers over their heads.

No one was injured in either shooting.

Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said the car fire was reported around 4:30am, close to the time shots were fired.

“The car was well involved with fire, meaning a good portion of the car was alight,” she said.

“No one was reported as being on the scene and no one was injured from the incident.”

- additional reporting: Kieran Rooney

Originally published as Bikie war: Police deny escalating attacks