26 results for “police firearms discharge”
41y · Male·gunshot wound to chest
Stephen Brian Elliott, aged 41, died from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by a South Australian police officer during an armed apprehension operation. Elliott had attempted an armed robbery at a credit union e…
48y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest during a police operation
Corey Selby, aged 48, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on 19 January 2023 outside Tenterfield Police Station after deliberately provoking police to shoot him. He had a complex mental health presentation comp…
38y · Male·gunshot wound of the head
Joshua Duke died following a police operation where he was shot by four NSW Police officers after a vehicle pursuit. He was armed with a doubl…
Unknown·Eva Arany: gunshot wound to the neck; Jeno Arany: traumatic brain damage complic…
…th 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 posed a risk to him…
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…d gunshot wound using a rifle stolen from his grandfather's property. The firearm theft was reported to SA Police at 2pm, but a critical communication breakdown occurred between responding officers regarding handover of …
17y · Male·Gunshot wound from discharge of Mossberg bolt action shotgun
…rm handling while intoxicated. James later concealed the truth, providing deliberately false statements to police about Kyle's whereabouts and the weapons taken. James subsequently died by suicide when the investigation …
Male·Internal haemorrhaging as a result of being shot by Constable Mark Newton
…Bell died from internal haemorrhaging caused by gunshot wounds inflicted by Constable Mark Newton during a police operation on 11 October 2002 in Brisbane. Bell was a suspect in a series of armed bank robberies and was c…
30y · Male·Gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen
Mohamed Ali Chaouk, aged 30, was fatally shot during a forced police entry to his home in Brooklyn, Victoria on 5 April 2005. Police executed search warrants and arrests relat…
Unknown·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
Two suicides occurred at a commercial firing range where individuals gained easy access to firearms. Julia Morris, 23, with documented borderline personality disorder and recent suicide attempt, was discha…
30y · Male·Gunshot wound to the neck and head
…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, mental health issues including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideat…
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
…ual impairment, mild cognitive disability, and a history of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained under a Mental Health Act Emergency Examination Order after…
33y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
…m multiple gunshot wounds during execution of an arrest warrant for serious child sexual assault offences. Police conducted inadequate risk assessment despite accessible intelligence indicating he habitually carried kniv…
38y · Male·gunshot wound to the left side of the neck resulting in basal skull fracture, su…
…eoffrey 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 February 2020 in Tasmania. Mason was intoxicated, had a long history…
Unknown·Sally-Anne Wills: multiple stab wounds to the chest; Christopher Polden: single …
…d 59) died from a single stab wound to the abdomen; Mohammed Ibrahim died from gunshot wounds inflicted by police during his apprehension. The coroner found no preventable issues with the police response. However, the fi…
29y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
A 29-year-old male died from multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by police Tactical Response Group (TRG) officers during a failed arrest operation. The deceased had stolen firearms,…
46y · Male·Gunshot wound to chest inflicted by NSW police officer
…23 November 2012 after being shot twice in the chest by Leading Senior Constable Damien Livermore during a police pursuit in Redfern, Sydney. Bennett had stolen a truck and driven it dangerously through busy streets, col…
47y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds; discharged by police officer during enforcement of Comm…
…tic during the incident. Critical failures occurred throughout: inadequate risk assessment and planning by police before and during the operation; miscommunication between mental health services and police about the swor…
20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head
…Dinsdale. Despite intensive mental health involvement, threats of violence, and documented risks, he was discharged on 8 May 2001, the same day as a Guardianship Board hearing. The coroner concluded that while the outco…
Unknown·gunshot wounds; multiple deaths during police interventions with mentally ill in…
Between October 2003 and February 2006, Queensland police shot and killed four young men suffering from severe mental illness during crisis situations. In all four …
41y · Male·Gunshot wounds to neck and chest (perpetrator Joel Cauchi); stab wounds (six vic…
…ton, Jade Young, Yixuan Cheng, Ashlee Good, Faraz Tahir, and Pikria Darchia. Cauchi was shot and killed by police. The inquest examined Cauchi's mental health management in Queensland before the attack. Key clinical fail…
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