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Darwin shooting: Four killed in northern Australia Darwin shooting: Four killed in northern Australia
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At least four people have been shot dead after a gunman opened fire in Darwin, northern Australia, police say. At least four people were shot dead on Tuesday by a gunman in Darwin, northern Australia, police said.
They responded to an "active shooter situation" at about 18:00 local time on Tuesday (08:30 GMT), and one man has since been arrested. Eyewitnesses said the gunman entered a motel in an inner suburb of the city and opened fire in a number of rooms before fleeing.
An ABC reporter at the scene said the gunman entered a motel with a shotgun. Police responded at about 18:00 local time (08:30 GMT) and arrested the man an hour later.
Reports said one woman was shot multiple times in the legs. Police say they do not believe there are any other suspects. Police said they believed the man acted alone and they were not looking for any other suspects.
The gunman fled the scene of the shootings in the suburb of Woolner, police said, before being arrested. The city centre remained in lockdown for an hour after the gunman fled the scene of the shootings, in the suburb of Woolner.
According to ABC News reporter Stephanie Zillman, there are multiple crime scenes. There were several crime scenes, Australia's ABC News reported.
A number of people are also believed to be injured. Northern Territory police duty superintendant Lee Morgan confirmed the fatalities, and said two more people had been injured.
Witness Leah Potter told ABC News that a woman was shot multiple times in the legs at the Palms Hotel.
"A man came running with a woman in his arms from next door which is the Palms Motel, which is the motel next to my motel, and he just dropped her on the footpath right in front of us," she said.
"I ran and got some towels and wrapped up her legs, she had little holes all in her skin on both her legs and she was bleeding everywhere."
Another witness, John Rose, told ABC that 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," Mr Rose said.
According to Australian news site news.com.au, police were treating the the Palms Motel as the main crime scene but had also cordoned off a social club less than a mile away.
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