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Jacob John Dwyer admits killing James Peter Deering in Wooroloo shooting
A man has pleaded guilty to shooting dead a father-of-two in an incident that triggered an emergency lockdown of a suburb on Perth's eastern fringe.
Jacob John Dwyer, who's now 37, shot James Peter Deering in Wooroloo in November, 2023.
The incident forced the area into lockdown for several hours, as police searched for two men they believed were linked to the shooting.
Residents were asked to stay inside and to keep their doors locked.
At the time, police said they had gone to a home on Needham Road in Wooroloo, where a 32-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head.
He was flown to Royal Perth Hospital where he died.
Dwyer was charged with murder but in the WA Supreme Court this morning, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
The court heard that the statement of facts related to the case had been agreed to by the prosecution and the defence, but they were not read out.
Dwyer will appear in court for a sentencing hearing on June 23.
