Overview
- On May 24, 2024 Mark Bombara entered the Floreat home of Jennifer Petelczyc and her daughter Gretl, shot both women and later fatally shot himself.
- A series of calls to Triple Zero from inside the house were played to the court showing delayed transfers to the Police Assistance Centre and a longest unanswered transfer of one minute and 20 seconds.
- Bombara had suffered strokes and a large brain cyst in the months before the killings and his family told the inquest they asked hospital staff for further mental‑health assessment before he was discharged.
- A WA Police internal review earlier found eight officers failed to properly assess risk and led to internal disciplinary action while state parliament tightened firearms laws the following year.
- The inquest will examine emergency call handling, police risk assessment, hospital care and licensing rules to identify where systems broke down and to inform possible recommendations that could change how police and health services respond to family violence.