Finding into death of Francesco Benvenuto
52y · Male·Gunshot wound to the neck
Francesco Benvenuto, a 52-year-old man, died from a gunshot wound to the neck on 8 May 2000 in Beaumaris, Victoria. He was shot while sitting in his parked car after…
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52y · Male·Gunshot wound to the neck
Francesco Benvenuto, a 52-year-old man, died from a gunshot wound to the neck on 8 May 2000 in Beaumaris, Victoria. He was shot while sitting in his parked car after…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the neck
…firearm were found. He was pursued on foot through Melbourne streets, entered a car park, fired at police (wounding an officer), and was fatally shot. The coroner found the police response was appropriate and lawful. De…
31y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head and neck (self-inflicted)
… 31 years old, died by suicide on 21 October 2023 near Merredin, Western Australia, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck. Prior to his death, he had committed serious armed offences including carjack…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the neck
…an with chronic alcohol use disorder and recent relationship breakdown, was found dead in his shed with a gunshot wound to the neck. Although initially investigated as suicide, the coroner found the investigation fundam…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the neck
…ce about an unregistered car transaction. Joannou discharged one shot from a black handgun into Bottomley's neck. The body was dismembered and disposed of, with assistance from at least one other person. The coroner foun…
Eva Arany: gunshot wound to the neck; Jeno Arany: traumatic brain damage complic…
An elderly man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and ongoing psychiatric risk was hospitalised twice in 2000 and discharged on antidepressant medication. Despite staff identifying he owned seven firearms and pos…
30y · Male·Gunshot wound to the neck and head
Daniel Bolton, aged 30, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck and head while attempting to avoid arrest by police. He had a history of drug addiction…
40y · Male·Gunshot wound to neck
Benjamin Freear, aged 40, died from a gunshot wound to the neck sustained during a police siege on 8 December 2019 in rural Queensland. He had been dia…
35y · Male·Gunshot injury to the chest in a man with sharp force injuries to the neck and l…
Dane Squires, aged 35, died from a gunshot wound to the chest after rushing at police officers with a large kitchen knife while appearing affected b…
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
Matthew Lothian, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck on 6 January 2021 in Wollongong. He was on medical escort from custody when he…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
Grant MacLeod, aged 38, died from a gunshot wound to the neck inflicted by Constable Mark Buckingham during a police response to reports of an armed …
38y · Male·gunshot wound to the left side of the neck resulting in basal skull fracture, su…
Geoffrey Russell Mason, aged 38, died from a gunshot wound to the neck fired by Constable Mitchell during a police response to a domestic incident on 17 Febru…
26y · Female·intentionally inflicted gunshot wounds to the head
… failures and challenges the original murder-suicide finding. Julie-Anne Leahy and Vicki Arnold died from gunshot wounds on 26 July 1991 in rural Queensland. Initial police response hastily concluded murder-suicide with…
34y · Male·gunshot wound to the neck
…multiple times before running at officers with the knife raised. Constable Rodgers fired one shot, fatally wounding Hatch in the neck. The coroner found the officer's use of force was justified. While mental health trea…
[47, 77]y · ["male", "female"]·["gunshot injury to head (self-inflicted)", "neck compression"]
Two coronial findings are provided. First, Bayden Roy Smith, 47, died by self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after crisis mental health assessment at Broadmeadows Police Station. The CAT team assessed h…
Male·Darren Wallace: single gunshot wound to right side of neck. TBD: two self-inflic…
Two deaths occurred on 9 December 2015 in a tragic incident connected to a dispute within the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. TBD, a 31-year-old former ADF member with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol…
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
…our days after remand for serious offences including attempted murder. He had a recent suicide attempt by gunshot wound (31 October), was on opiate medications for withdrawal management, and presented with anxiety and w…
18y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest and neck
An 18-year-old Aboriginal man was fatally shot by Acting Sergeant Whittington during a community dispute in Wadeye. Whittington discharged his Glock pistol four times in response to Tobias Worumbu wielding a loaded shotg…
34y · Male·Firearm injury to the head and neck
A 34-year-old male died from a gunshot wound to the head on 13 March 2008. His stepdaughter, who had been sexually abused by him since age 14 wi…
26y · Male·gunshot wound to the neck
…fication. Nguyen drew a firearm; Roberts returned fire while retreating, with a bullet hitting Crews in the neck causing unsurvivable vascular injuries. Systemic failures contributed: inadequate risk assessment methodolo…
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