Boxing Day fight turns fatal at Perth home

Updated

December 27, 2018 12:35:49

A man has died after a fight at a suburban Perth home on Boxing Day, with police treating the incident as a homicide.

Key points:

  • A 39-year-old man is in custody after a fight with a 68-year-old man on Boxing Day
  • Police said the men knew each other, but were not related
  • Witnesses said the injured man “seemed OK” before going to hospital, where he died

Detectives were called to the house on Davallia Road in Duncraig about 10:00pm yesterday after reports a 68-year-old man had been in a fight with a younger man at the address.

The 68-year-old was taken to Royal Perth Hospital but died a short time later.

A 39-year-old man is currently in custody assisting with inquiries, but no charges have yet been laid.

A police spokesman confirmed the two men knew each other but were not related.

Victim ‘seemed OK’: witness

Lou Rigney was visiting his family from the United States when he heard a commotion at the house across the road.

“We were sitting in the living room and enjoying the evening, and we heard a commotion out here and saw the sirens and what-not,” he said.

“We came out, and my sister-in-law went over across the street to speak to the police but they had taken a man out on a gurney and loaded him into the ambulance and he seemed like he was OK.

“He had an IV connected to him and they didn’t seem like there was a big sense of urgency, so we figured he was going to be OK.

“Then they were rushing to and from the house, I guess there was another person involved, and they arrested him and took the gentleman off to the hospital.”

Mr Rigney said the incident was a concerning thing to happen, particularly at this time of year.

“We haven’t even spoken to [our kids] about it so it’s kind of keeping it under the rug so to speak,” he said.

“It’s very scary … the fact our kids are riding their bikes and skateboarding and what-not out here, and something like this could happen, it’s very unfortunate.”

Topics:

law-crime-and-justice,

crime,

police,

perth-6000,

wa,

duncraig-6023

First posted

December 27, 2018 10:43:17

Read More



from Trend Gossip Now http://bit.ly/2EQ14Tl
0 Comments