{"id":3641,"date":"2026-05-03T01:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/3641\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:48:23","slug":"three-dead-man-arrested-after-violent-incident-at-family-home-in-south-west-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/3641\/","title":{"rendered":"Three dead, man arrested after violent incident at family home in south-west Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Three people have died and a man has been arrested after a violent incident at a family home in Sydney&#8217;s south-west overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP LiveMoment_text__JbvDx Typography_sizeMobile16__RyQmM Typography_sizeDesktop18__sE9ns Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_light__Oi8NR Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">NSW Police are holding a press conference on the death of three people in Rosemeadow last night.<\/p>\n<p>4m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 1:43am<\/p>\n<p>Family weren&#8217;t well known to police, had no record of domestic violence<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lcimg-6cbc81cd-c01d-49f8-bf85-f4b89b290428.jpeg\" alt=\"Andrew Thorpe profile image\" class=\"Avatar_avatarImage__f1Jjg\" style=\"display:none\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It&#8217;s clear from Superintendent Healey&#8217;s answers that we&#8217;re unlikely to hear much about what police believe happened at the home before the killings in Rosemeadow last night \u2014 or why the 32-year-old suspect returned to the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;It&#8217;s very early in the investigation, so I can&#8217;t speculate,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He adds that the suspect is currently being interviewed by police, and he&#8217;s not privy to what&#8217;s been said in that interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The family weren&#8217;t well known to police at all, he says, and had never interacted with police in relation to domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>7m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 1:40am<\/p>\n<p>Police establish family connection<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 32yo man is assisting police with inquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police believe the people in the 60s were the parents and the 37-year-old man found at the property was the brother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We know it&#8217;s a family unit and we&#8217;re trying to work our way through what happened during the evening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>7m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 1:40am<\/p>\n<p>Son in police custody<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">At about 2.30am, a 32-year-old man who attended the scene was arrested by police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;It appears they are all family members,&#8221;\u00a0Superintendent Healey says<\/p>\n<p>14m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 1:33am<\/p>\n<p>Police describe finding &#8216;very grisly crime scene&#8217; upon arrival at Rosemeadow house<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Superintendent Healey from the Campbelltown City Police Area Command is standing up now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He says police called to the scene of last night&#8217;s violent incident in Rosemeadow encountered a &#8220;very grisly crime scene&#8221; when they arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Officers first encountered a 61-year-old woman, he says, who they took into the yard and tried to administer first aid to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They then went back inside the house and found a 64-year-old man who was still alive but had serious head injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police later found a 37-year-old man dead in a granny flat at the rear of the property.<\/p>\n<p>47m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 1:01am<\/p>\n<p>Stand by for a press conference from NSW Police<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Good morning. We&#8217;re standing by for a press conference outside Campbelltown Police Station regarding the killing of three people at a Rosemeadow home overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Superintendent Grant Healey is expected to address the media at 11:15am AEST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Emergency services were called to Juliet Close in Rosemeadow just after 1:30am on Sunday, where police discovered the bodies of a woman in her 60s and a man in his 20s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and investigators in a group on the front lawn of a house surrounded by police tape.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/32fdd0af019f36436440492351876c98?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1080&amp;cropW=1620&amp;xPos=150&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Three people have died after a violent incident at a family home in Sydney&#8217;s south-west. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A 64-year-old man was also found at the scene with critical head injuries and later died at Liverpool Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">An hour later, officers arrested a 32-year-old man who arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He was taken to Campbelltown Police Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police have confirmed a man in his 20s also received serious injuries during the alleged assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He was taken to hospital in a serious condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two investigators in protective suits search the contents inside the boot of a hatchback.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/8737e3ea45cced2dee96f3949194e038?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1080&amp;cropW=1620&amp;xPos=95&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Emergency services were called to Rosemeadow early on Sunday morning. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police believe the incident was domestic violence-related, but the direct relationship between the people has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The homicide squad will assist the police investigation as it continues this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police will hold a press conference in the coming hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have died and a man has been arrested after a violent incident at a family home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4841,4839,4838,4844,4840,2770,1047,4837,247,1324,4842,4843,4845],"class_list":{"0":"post-3641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sydney","8":"tag-domestic-violence","9":"tag-homicide-squad","10":"tag-investigation","11":"tag-juliet-close","12":"tag-liverpool-hospital","13":"tag-murder","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-rosemeadow","16":"tag-sydney","17":"tag-sydney-news","18":"tag-three-bodies","19":"tag-three-dead","20":"tag-whats-happening-at-rosemeadow"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}