Walsh Street police shootings
| Walsh Street police shootings | |
|---|---|
Constables Steven Tynan (left) and Damian Eyre (right), the two officers killed in the shooting | |
| Location | Walsh Street, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| Date | October 12, 1988 4:50 am (UTC+10:00) |
Attack type | Ambush, double-murder |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Victims | Constable Steven Tynan Constable Damian Eyre |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Accused | Victor Peirce, Trevor Pettingill, Anthony Leigh Farrell, Peter David McEvoy, Jedd Houghton, and Gary Abdallah |
The Walsh Street police shootings occurred in the early hours of 12 October 1988 in South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia. Victoria Police constables Steven Tynan, 22, and Damian Eyre, 20, were investigating an abandoned vehicle on Walsh Street when they were gunned down by unknown assailants. Four men, Victor Peirce, Trevor Pettingill, Anthony Leigh Farrell and Peter David McEvoy, were charged with murder, but were later acquitted by a jury in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Two other suspects, Jedd Houghton and Gary Abdallah, were shot and killed by Victoria Police before being brought to trial.
In 2005, Wendy Peirce, the widow of Victor, gave an interview to the mass media, in which she stated that her late husband had planned and carried out the murders and that he was actually guilty as charged.