Detectives said the man had entered a house in Perth looking for his former partner, but instead shot her friend and 18-year-old daughter.
A man looking for his former partner at a home in Perth's west has instead shot the woman's female friend and teenage daughter before taking his own life. The 59-year-old woman died at the scene and the 18-year-old was critically injured and later died in hospital. Detectives said the 63-year-old man had arrived at the property at about 4.30pm looking for his former partner, who was not there at the time.
Gorton said the man was known to police but did not have a history of violence. "Any death is tragic," he said. "However, when you get a multiple murder, it has that greater impact on the family, the friends, the first responders and certainly the community at large." Gorton said the man's ex-wife and daughter were in the care of the homicide squad and were being provided with support.
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