NT Government to undertake urgent review of parole system after shootings
THE Government will undertake an urgent review of all 103 people on parole in the Northern Territory in the wake of Tuesday night’s shooting massacre
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THE Government will undertake an urgent review of all 103 people on parole in the Northern Territory in the wake of Tuesday night’s shooting massacre.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner said the review would be complete by the end of the week.
The alleged gunman Ben Hoffmann was on parole at the time of the shooting spree during which four people were killed in the Darwin CBD and inner suburbs.
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Corrections Commissioner Scott McNairn said no charges had been laid as of 11am Wednesday.
Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw said despite Hoffmann wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet throughout the entire rampage, police were unable to use that to track him during the attacks.
“That’s not a tactical tool for police,” Mr Kershaw said.
“We’re able to use that now that we have the download of that information.”
Hoffmann had breached his parole conditions just a month before the shootings, and was released from 14 days back in jail at the start of May.
Mr Kershaw said he was under regular drug and alcohol testing, as part of his parole conditions, but the last time he was tested was May 21.
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Police said the timeline of events was firming up.
Hoffmann was seen in Humpty Doo at 4.15pm on Tuesday, where police believe he may have been looking for someone.
At 5.39pm he arrived at the Palms Motel, where he killed one man.
He left the motel at 5.52pm and was seen at 18 Gardens Hill Rd between 5.54pm and 5.57pm. There he killed another man and shot a woman in the legs.
The woman is in the Royal Darwin Hospital in a stable condition.
Hoffmann arrived at the Buff Club at 5.59pm, where he killed another man in the carpark, before travelling to Jolly St at 6.05pm.
At 6.22pm he was seen on CCTV at the NT Police headquarters in Berrimah attempting to kick a door in.
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It is not known whether he was attempting to hand himself in.
At 6.44pm the Territory Response Group tasered Hoffmann at the intersection of McMinn and Daly streets, and took him into protective custody at the Royal Darwin Hospital.
Originally published as NT Government to undertake urgent review of parole system after shootings
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