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Murder charge after NT home intruder shot
Police have charged a man with murder after an alleged intruder was fatally shot at a home in the Northern Territory on Thursday morning.
March 19, 2022
A man has been charged with murder after an alleged intruder was fatally shot at a home near Katherine in the Northern Territory.
The 38-year-old resident of the home was taken into custody soon after a 26-year-old man was shot dead on Thursday morning, 350km south of Darwin.
Officers found the dead man’s body about 4am after a caller reported that a male intruder was inside the home.
Detective Senior Sergeant Jakson Evans previously told reporters that it was a confronting scene.
A woman and two children were also in the home during the incident.
The house is located about 30km south of Katherine near the Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park.
Police are also examining whether the shooting was linked to an absconder from the Venndale Rehabilitation Centre, about 10km south of the caves.
The Venndale facility is a residential drug rehabilitation centre for Indigenous people.
The man charged has been remanded in custody to appear before Katherine Local Court at a date to be set.