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Member for Katherine Jo Hersey says the Katherine community is in shock following a fatal shooting near the Cutta Cutta Caves · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: But we know that there has been a very serious
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  Speaker 1: incident take place in Catherine.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday morning, just after.
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  Speaker 1: Eleven o'clock, we had let you know that we had
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  Speaker 1: certainly been receiving some information that there'd been an incident
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  Speaker 1: take place about thirty kilometers away from Catherine. What we
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  Speaker 1: now know is that the Northern Territory Police are maintaining
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  Speaker 1: this cordon at the gates of Cuttercutter Caves after homicide
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  Speaker 1: squads on Thursday took over a home in the area
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  Speaker 1: following a fatal shooting. Two police officers remain stationed at
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  Speaker 1: that gate. According to the Northern Territory News and Police
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  Speaker 1: Detective Senior Sergeant Jackson Evans has confirmed that a thirty
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  Speaker 1: six year old man was in custody and his home
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  Speaker 1: has been turned into a crime scene after another man
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  Speaker 1: was shot at the home. Sergeant Evans said that officers
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  Speaker 1: were investigating if the thirty six year old used lethal
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  Speaker 1: force to shoot at a reported intruder in the early
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  Speaker 1: hours of Thursday morning. Now joining us on the line, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know, unable to talk about what exactly has gone on,
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  Speaker 1: but the feeling among the community of Catherine at the
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  Speaker 1: moment is the CLPS member for Catherine, Joe Hersey.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Joe, Good.
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  Speaker 3: Morning Katy, and good morning istener Joe.
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  Speaker 1: I know that there is still a lot that we
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  Speaker 1: do not know at this point in time, and we
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  Speaker 1: certainly don't want to try and do the job of
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  Speaker 1: the police and you know, release any information that we're
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  Speaker 1: incorrect about all that detail that's still flowing through. But
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  Speaker 1: what is the feeling in Catherine today?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks Katie. It's people that I've spoken to are
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  Speaker 3: in shops that this has happened, you know, so close
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  Speaker 3: to the finish of the trial we've just had. Some
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  Speaker 3: people haven't actually heard about it, but the people that
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  Speaker 3: I've spoken to that have, Yeah, that people are just
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  Speaker 3: in shocked, but that it's happened here.
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  Speaker 1: I know there is so much details still that remains unknown,
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  Speaker 1: and it's so close obviously to to a tourist attraction.
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  Speaker 2: They're the Cutter Cutter Caves.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, correct, Katie, And as you are probably aware, it's
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  Speaker 3: a very close knit community here in Catherine. So the
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  Speaker 3: fact that you know this has happened, people do know
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  Speaker 3: the the the people that are involved, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: my thoughts are to them and their their families. I think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with an active police going investigation going on,
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  Speaker 3: it will be interesting to know and hear from the
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  Speaker 3: police exactly what has happened in this situation.
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  Speaker 1: And Joe, are you hearing at this point in time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when there is going to be any further
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  Speaker 1: detail released or or if anybody has been charged or anything.
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  Speaker 3: No, No, the the uh, the person that did the
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  Speaker 3: shooting is still reminded. I have been contacted by the
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  Speaker 3: Catherine Police station and given a bit of a briefing
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  Speaker 3: on what happened, but you know, they just said they'll
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  Speaker 3: be so getting contact with me when they have more details.
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  Speaker 3: But obviously this was last night I heard from them,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, not much had come to light at
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  Speaker 3: that point in time.
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  Speaker 1: Joe, is there any concern at this point that there's
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  Speaker 1: going to be unreased in the community in light of
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  Speaker 1: this incident?
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  Speaker 3: No, I don't think so, Katie. It was a fairly
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  Speaker 3: you know, I didn't hear of anything that sort of
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  Speaker 3: went on last night and the police weren't concerned that
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  Speaker 3: there was going to be any unrest, so which is
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  Speaker 3: a good thing for the community.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely well, Joe, we appreciate you having a chat with
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  Speaker 1: us this morning. I know that both you and I
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  Speaker 1: are obviously being pretty careful what we say here, and
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  Speaker 1: you know I don't want to say the wrong thing,
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  Speaker 1: given it is such a serious situation, but we appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you letting us know how the community is going at
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  Speaker 1: this point.
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  Speaker 3: No worries, Katie. Great to talk to you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.