Osmington shooting
Familicide in Osmington, Western Australia, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Osmington shooting was a familicide in Osmington, Western Australia, on 11 May 2018, in which Peter Miles, a 61-year-old retired high school farm manager, shot dead his wife, daughter, and four grandchildren, before calling police and then committing suicide.[2] It was the worst shooting incident in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre of 1996.[3][4]
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Location | Osmington, Western Australia, Australia |
Coordinates | 33.906°S 115.229°E / -33.906; 115.229 |
Date | 11 May 2018 (2018-05-11) c. 4.00 am – 5.00 am (WST) |
Target | Members of the Miles-Cockman family |
Attack type | Murder–suicide, familicide |
Weapons | Three rifles[1] |
Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Peter Miles |
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