Thursday, March 1, 2012

WA: 10 hour family seige ends peacefully


AAP General News (Australia)
01-10-2000
WA: 10 hour family seige ends peacefully

A man who shot his de facto wife before holding five members of his family hostage
is being questioned by police in Perth.

Police say the 38-year-old man surrendered this morning, following an overnight siege
of more than 10 hours.

His wife received hospital treatment for a wound to the arm, but nobody else was hurt
during the ten-hour stand-off.

The drama began shortly after 10pm yesterday, when police received an emergency call
from a woman who said she'd been shot.

Officers found the woman …

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