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Aaron Bunch

EXPLAINED: Double murder emergency calls not given top priority | Rare Historical Photos

Ariel Rowena Police Andrew Wilson Jennifer Petelczyc
An operator wrongly assigned a life-threatening emergency call about shootings to a lower priority. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

An emergency call to police reporting a gunman was on a murderous rampage that cost the lives of two women was incorrectly given a priority two status, an inquest has been told.

Mark James Bombara, 63, shot dead Jennifer Petelczyc, 59, and her daughter, 18-year-old Gretl, at their Perth home on May 24, 2024, before killing himself.

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