Overview
- Police say they found a 69-year-old with critical injuries after an altercation inside a Buchanan Way home, and St John WA took him to Royal Perth Hospital where he died.
- A 39-year-old man was arrested at the property and is believed to have been known to the victim.
- Police have charged the 39-year-old, from Wonthella in Geraldton, with murder, and he is due to appear in Joondalup Magistrates Court on Friday.
- WA Police Homicide Squad detectives are leading the case and urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
- WA Police Minister Reece Whitby called the scene confronting and offered condolences, as neighbors described shock in the quiet northern Perth suburb.