A murder inquiry is now underway in Adelaide after the teenage girl shot by a former boyfriend at a bus stop died in hospital overnight.
Police at the scene of the shooting tragedy. Picture: Nigel Parsons Source: The Advertiser
- Neighbour reveals horror at teen's shooting death
- "Nobody came. I was just trying to do what I could"
- Teen's former boyfriend, 22, also died at the scene
A NEIGHBOUR has spoken of her horror after a 16-year-old was gunned down and killed by a former boyfriend in an Adelaide street last night.
Kathy Hawkes tried to keep the teenage victim alive after the tragedy, which happened near a bus stop at the corner of RM Williams Drive and Blacksmith Ave, Walkley Heights.
Mrs Hawkes told AdelaideNow she ran to her front yard when she heard two gun shots about 6.20pm.
Just 50m away the teenage girl lay on the footpath. "Nobody came. I was just trying to do what I could. When I rolled her over ... she didn't look good."
Police said the girl was rushed to Royal Adelaide Hospital in a critical condition, but died a short time later after surgery.
The gunman - a 22-year-old former boyfriend - stood with a sawn-off shotgun threatening to kill himself.
"He looked over towards me, I tried to say don't do it... then he did," Mrs Hawkes said.
He died at the scene from self-inflicted wounds.
Mrs Hawkes' husband and other neighbours called police. "My husband got sheets (from their house) and put them over his body," she said.
Police say the teenager and the 22-year-old had been in a previous violent relationship and that the shooting was being investigated as a domestic incident.
Victims of domestic violence can call the Domestic Violence Crisis Service 1300 782 200 and Crisis Care 131 611. For information and support for suicide, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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