Police respond to 'serious incident' in Keysbrook in Perth's south
A 44-year-old man was shot and killed at a rural property in Keysbrook, Western Australia. A 38-year-old man known to the victim has been taken into custody by police.
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Reports on a violent crime incident and the subsequent police response in a regional community.
Multiple police vehicles were sent to a rural property in Keysbrook in Perth's south. ( ABC News )
Police say a 44-year-old man was shot dead just before 9am (AWST) on a rural property in Keysbrook, about 70km south-east of the Perth CBD.
A 38-year-old man, who is known to the victim, was apprehended at the scene.
A woman and her child were inside the property at the time but were unharmed.
Link copied Share Share article Homicide detectives are investigating after a 44-year-old man was shot dead at a rural property in Perth's south this morning, triggering a major police operation.
A 38-year-old man, who is known to the victim, is in custody after heavily armed police swarmed the Hilltop Orchard property in Keysbrook, about 70 kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD.
Police swarmed an orchard in Keysbrook after a serious incident. ( ABC News )
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