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‘We told you he would murder us’: Police failed to stop Floreat murders

An internal report has found police took insufficient action before Mark Bombara killed two women, despite multiple warnings, with the state’s most senior officer acknowledging system failure.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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Mark Bombara.

WA Police officers ‘face job losses’ over handling of Floreat killer’s DV complaints: report

A damning final report into the murders of a mother and daughter in their Floreat home allegedly claims police failed to take domestic violence concerns from the killer’s family seriously.

  • Holly Thompson
Police at the scene of the shooting in Collingwood.

Two teenagers shot on the street in ‘targeted’ Collingwood attack

A teenager is fighting for his life and another is being treated for serious injuries after the incident early on Friday.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Marta Pascual Juanola
Harwe Sherwani bangs on a door trying to get help after being shot overnight in Caroline Springs.

Crime figure Hawre Sherwani killed in targeted attack

Police have appealed to the public for more information after the former Comanchero was fatally shot in Melbourne’s west on Thursday night.

  • Cameron Houston, Angus Delaney and Marta Pascual Juanola
Dora Mendoza, grandmother of shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza, wipes tears from her eyes at a memorial site at Robb Elementary School.

I’ve covered many US mass shootings since 2022. There’s one thing I’ll never understand

I still often think about the parents who had to identify the bodies of their dead children, or an 11-year-old who covered herself with her dead friend’s blood to evade a shooter.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is also the WA Liberals’ candidate for the state seat of Churchlands.

Zempilas says he’s unscathed after rough week in politics

The Churchlands candidate maintained he did not lie about the polling facilitated by his former campaign manager that triggered a Liberal leadership challenge.

  • Hamish Hastie
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The scene of the shooting in Surry Hills on Friday night.

‘We’re coming for you’: Search for underworld figures after Surry Hills shooting

A major search operation is under way after one man was shot dead and a suspected getaway car was found torched in Kensington.

  • Amber Schultz, Riley Walter and Penry Buckley
Waqar Hassan Virk, wearing a costume police hat, is accused of brandishing a Glock-lookalike water pistol outside NSW Parliament on Thursday afternoon.

‘Incredibly stupid’: Pistol-wielding Uber driver faces court after parliament emergency

The man triggered a major police response when he waved a replica gun from the window of his car outside NSW parliament.

  • Amber Schultz
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam.

WA Liberal-National alliance on fire over gun reforms

The political bunfight broke out after Nationals and Opposition Leader Shane Love told a firearms and fisheries session in Bunbury last week his party would not form government with the Liberals unless they committed to scrapping regulations enforcing the Firearms Act changes.

  • Hamish Hastie
The man shot himself in the hospital’s emergency department.

Man shot himself inside Perth emergency department after partner pronounced dead

A witness has claimed the man pulled out a homemade gun after his partner was pronounced dead by hospital staff.

  • Holly Thompson and Amber Wilkinson

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