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| Darwin shooting: at least four people dead and two injured | Darwin shooting: at least four people dead and two injured |
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| At least four people are dead and two injured in a mass shooting in Darwin’s city centre. | |
| NT police have arrested the suspected shooter, described as a caucasian man about 45-years-old, wearing high-vis workwear. | |
| Witnesses told the ABC that the man walked into the Palms Motel on Darwin’s Esplanade and opened fire with a pump-action shotgun just before 6pm on Tuesday. | |
| Northern Territory police duty superintendent Lee Morgan told the Guardian: “At this stage we’ve got reports of four deceased and a number of other people who have been shot.” | |
| Reports an active shooter in Darwin CBD with up to 20 shots fired and people injured ... confusing scenes with tree on fire and roads blocked. pic.twitter.com/4WY2hVE2b3 | Reports an active shooter in Darwin CBD with up to 20 shots fired and people injured ... confusing scenes with tree on fire and roads blocked. pic.twitter.com/4WY2hVE2b3 |
| Morgan said police first received calls about shots being fired at 5.50pm local time. | |
| Witness Leah Potter said the gunman was armed with a pump-action shotgun and shot a woman through her hotel room door. | |
| “I was in the carpark [of a neighbouring hotel] when I heard what I thought were fireworks going off, really loud cracking, banging fireworks,” she told the ABC. | “I was in the carpark [of a neighbouring hotel] when I heard what I thought were fireworks going off, really loud cracking, banging fireworks,” she told the ABC. |
| The gunman was then reported to have fled the scene, until being arrested by NT police without incident at 6.45pm. Officers expect to lay charges against him on Wednesday. | |
| There are reports of a fifth fatality outside the city centre but this has not yet been confirmed by authorities. | |
| Dramatic arrest if possible shooter in Darwin CBD pic.twitter.com/0fis1UQHW9 | |
| Another witness, John Rose, told the ABC he saw the gunman walk into the motel with “a sawn-off shotgun”. | |
| “He shot up all the rooms and he went to every room looking for somebody and he shot them all up, then we saw him rush out, jump into his Toyota pick-up, and rush off.” | “He shot up all the rooms and he went to every room looking for somebody and he shot them all up, then we saw him rush out, jump into his Toyota pick-up, and rush off.” |
| He said the gunman was calm as he shot up the hotel. | He said the gunman was calm as he shot up the hotel. |
| “Once he left we went in and found one gentleman, he’s over there, we pulled him out,” Rose said. | “Once he left we went in and found one gentleman, he’s over there, we pulled him out,” Rose said. |
| “This lady turned up and started screaming, and we didn’t realise there was another person in there … apparently he’s dead, he’s been shot.” | “This lady turned up and started screaming, and we didn’t realise there was another person in there … apparently he’s dead, he’s been shot.” |
| Another crime scene has been established at the Buff Club, a social club, in Stuart Park. | |
| Raman Sekhon, from the nearby Wongs Chinese Takeaway business, said police were diverting traffic from the Stuart Highway. | |
| He said the restaurant was closing early tonight because after 7pm there were no customers. “We are cleaning up and going home early,” he said. | |
| Royal Darwin Hospital spokeswoman Sally Edwards said the emergency department was treating an injured person who is in a stable condition. | |
| The Northern Territory police commissioner will address the media shortly. | |
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