A man who shot dead two women in Perth was a registered gun owner and reportedly owned 13 firearms, prompting calls for tougher state gun laws.
A man who shot dead a mother and daughter in their Perth home as he searched for his ex-wife before turning the gun on himself was a registered gun owner, WA police said on Monday. The shooter killed the women on Friday at their Floreat home where his ex-wife was believed to have been staying, in what WA Premier Roger Cook has called a "chilling and horrific" attack.
On Monday, WA police said the killer, named in media as Mark Bombara, 63, was the holder of a gun licence. Police did not confirm a WA Today report that he owned a stash of 13 firearms. The killer was known to police but did not have a history of violence, authorities have said. Police are expected to formally brief Cook about the circumstances surrounding the murders.
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