Perth shooting: Man, woman, teen dead in suspected murder-suicide at suburban home

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25 May, 2024 12:28 AMQuick Read

Police were called to a Perth property after reports of gunshots. Photo / 123rf

A man has shot two women dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Perth’s west.

Police were called to a property in the suburb of Floreat on Friday afternoon after reports of gunshots.

Detectives said a woman in her 50s and a girl in her late teens were at the property when a man in his 60s arrived about 4.30pm.

The man allegedly fired the gun, killing the older woman and critically injuring the girl before taking his own life.

Police arrived to find two bodies, and paramedics rushing the girl to Royal Perth Hospital where she later died.

The man was known to the woman in her 50s through a mutual contact, police said.

Police declared a crime scene at the property and said there was no ongoing threat to the public.

The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is ongoing.

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