Osmington shooting

Osmington shooting
LocationOsmington, Western Australia, Australia
Coordinates33°54′22″S 115°13′44″E / 33.906°S 115.229°E / -33.906; 115.229
Date11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)
c. 4.00 am – 5.00 am (WST)
TargetMembers of the Miles-Cockman family
Attack type
Murder–suicide, familicide
WeaponsThree rifles
Deaths7 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorPeter Miles

The Osmington shooting was a familicide in Osmington, Western Australia, on 11 May 2018, in which Peter Miles, a 61-year-old retired high school farm manager, shot dead his wife, daughter, and four grandchildren, before calling police and then committing suicide. It was the worst shooting incident in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre of 1996.