source : the age
[Screaming]
Ariel: “It’s an emergency, he’s got a gun. He’s just shot someone I think. It’s my father.“
Operator: “Who’s been shot?“
Ariel: “Jenny Petelczyc. She lives at the house. My father, Mark Bombara has a gun. It’s a domestic violence situation.“
Operator: “Are you at the house yourself?“
Ariel: “No he’s showed up at their house.“
Operator: “What’s the name of your father? What’s the name of the female involved?“
Ariel: “Jenny Petelczyc.“
Operator: “How do you spell her surname”
Ariel: “P-e-t-e-l-c-z-y-c.“
Operator: “Who is Jenny to your dad?“
Ariel: “She’s my mum’s best friend and my father has turned up there with a gun …”
Operator: “Where are you at the moment?”
Ariel: [Provides address].
Operator: “The job’s already on. Who called you?”
Ariel: “Jenny called my mum and said Mark just showed up and left, and then he came back, and I heard her say, ‘put the gun down’ and then I heard gun shots.”
Operator: “OK, just putting in some further details OK? How many shots did you hear?”
Ariel: “Two.” [Crying]
Operator: “Just putting in further details OK? I’m still here. Do we know why he went to the house at all in the first place?”
Ariel: “[inaudible] from a domestic abuse situation. She is going to leave him … they’re going through a divorce. He thought that my mother was staying with her best friend. And so he was looking for her.”
Operator: “So where is your mum? Is she with you?”
Ariel: “Yes.”
Operator: “OK, so the job’s on there. If you get a call from a private number it will be from a policeman.”
Ariel: “So what do we do now?”
Operator: “Just stay where you at the moment, police will most likely be in contact with you. Just keep an eye on your phone.”
Ariel: “OK so we have to stay here, we can’t go and see if jenny’s OK?”
Operator: “That’s up to you, just answer your phone if police call.”
