SA:Shooting survivor 'very brave lady'

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2011
SA:Shooting survivor 'very brave lady'

ADELAIDE, April 30 AAP - A woman who survived a multiple shooting that killed three
people at her home has been credited with saving a child who had been sleeping at the
house.

Police spent Saturday scouring two homes in Adelaide for clues after a man turned on
his neighbours early on Friday, killing three and wounding a teenage boy and a police
officer who had come to their rescue.

Media reports say Donato Anthony Corbo, a 39-year-old from Hectorville in the city's
northeast, will face court on Monday charged with three counts of murder and two of attempted
murder after the shooting spree and an eight-hour standoff with police.

He is alleged to have killed a man, 64, his wife, 65, and their son-in-law, 41, and
wounded his 14-year-old son and a policeman. The family are believed to be from South
Africa.

The couple's daughter and an 11-year-old boy who was staying at the house escaped uninjured
by reportedly hiding behind the couch and ringing police.

Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor Andrew Kingston told a service on Saturday that
the woman who contacted police "was obviously a very brave lady".

It is understood the murdered couple were visiting Australia from South Africa and
were staying with their daughter's family.

Neighbour Stephen Whitehead told Sky News the family had moved from South Africa for
safety reasons.

"They wanted their children to feel safe, more than anything else," he said.

Police have reportedly removed three guns from the home where Corbo lived with his parents.

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