NT Police respond to shooting attack in Coconut Grove, Darwin

Police are hunting for armed offenders and a man has been rushed to hospital after a shooting in Darwin’s northern suburbs, with witnesses sharing their account. WATCH >

Offenders armed with a firearm are at large and a man has been rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooting attack in Darwin northern suburbs on Monday evening police say was ‘targeted’.

Northern Territory Police have confirmed a man has been taken to hospital after being shot in Litchfield Court at Coconut Grove.

While police have confirmed the man suffered injuries to his legs in the shooting, understood to have occurred around 8.40pm, an NT News source says he also suffered stomach wounds and was unconscious at the scene when emergency services arrived.

Describing the incident as a ‘serious assault with a weapon’, NT Police the offenders, who they believe are known to the victim, fled the scene.

Police at the scene of a shooting in Litchfield Court, Coconut Grove on Monday, February 3, 2025.

“At this stage, police believe it was a targeted attack and there is no risk to the general public,” a police spokesperson said.

“A police operation is currently underway involving multiple units and police advise the public to avoid the area surrounding Litchfield Court, Coconut Grove.”

Police at the scene of a shooting in Litchfield Court, Coconut Grove on Monday, February 3, 2025.

The condition of the victim is at this stage unknown.

An NT News reporter at the scene of the incident said there were at least three police vehicles on scene, with police tape cordoning off public housing units.

A number of detectives have also arrived at the scene with activity centred around the renal centre end of the public housing complex, where the shooting is understood to have occurred.

Witnesses at the scene told the NT News three people, believed to be two males and a woman, exited a vehicle and shot the victim outside a home in the street.

Witnesses described seeing the injured man laying on the ground waving his hands and holding his head.

Video from moment after the incident shows a large number of people, including children, milling around in the street as emergency services arrive at the scene.

Originally published as NT Police respond to shooting attack in Coconut Grove, Darwin