Hoffmann was sentenced in the NT Supreme Court. Three years of denialĭays after Hoffmann's rampage, before his victims could be laid to rest, the killer's series of dramatic courtroom outbursts began. It was the end of the worst mass shooting the Northern Territory had seen in decades, described as "an hour of chaos", but just the beginning of a nightmare legal rigmarole. Tactical police pounced within seconds, tasering the killer before he was bundled into the back of a police car.
Pulled over by a calm general duties police officer, a bloodied and battered Hoffmann with a shotgun by his side, stepped out of the white ute. Loading.Ī complicated police mission followed, attempting to stop him from travelling along busy city streets.Īt one of the main roads into the city, about an hour after the first shots were fired, Hoffmann was finally arrested. He made a dramatic triple-0 call as he drove back towards the city, telling Superintendent Lee Morgan he needed "help". Hoffmann has since claimed he was trying to turn himself in, but the front counter was closed, and no one knew he was there until after he'd left.
There, he was captured on CCTV covered in blood and carrying a shotgun, attempting to get inside. Hoffmann then drove the white ute to NT Police Headquarters, about 15 minutes from the city centre. Mr Courtney was later found dead with more than 60 injuries, including stab and slash wounds. Hoffmann had already moved on to the Darwin Recycling Centre, just outside of the city centre, where 52-year-old Robert Courtney fought for his life, injuring Hoffmann as he tried desperately to stop the killer.
Michael Sisois was shot dead in the carpark of the Buff Club.
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