7 dead in Australia mass shooting

Seven people were found dead with gunshot wounds at a property near the tourist town of Margaret River in Australia’s southwest on Friday in what could be the country’s worst mass shooting in 22 years, police said. The bodies of three adults and four children and two guns were found at a rural property at the village of Osmington, Western Australia state Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said.

The bodies of two adults were found outside a building on the property and the rest were found inside. They all resided at the property, he said.

Police have no information to raise concerns about wider public safety. Police were led to the property by a phone call before dawn, Dawson said.

He would not comment on the possibility of murder-suicide or the identity of the caller.