It began after a 39-year-old resident of the suburb, later identified as Donato Anthony Corbo, entered his neighbours' property and shot four people, killing three and severely wounding one.
[2] The incident started at approximately 2:30 a.m. when Corbo entered his neighbours' property and shot dead the 64-year-old man, then his 65-year-old wife and their 41-year-old son-in-law.
[5] Corbo then fled next door back to his property, where he engaged in a tense siege with heavily armed members of the STAR force.
The two deceased victims were on holiday visiting the family and were due to return home to South Africa two days after the shooting took place.
[10] It is suggested that the reason for the killings may have sparked from an earlier row between the two families over Corbo's pet dog, a Staffordshire Terrier, which had recently been poisoned.
[16] A day after the shootings occurred, the police officer who was seriously wounded after being shot in the face was confirmed to be in a serious but stable condition, under an induced coma at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.