Cops shot man after threats, inquest told

By Tim Dornin
Updated December 3 2019 - 1:43pm, first published 1:37pm
South Australia's state coroner is holding an inquest into the death of a man shot by police.
South Australia's state coroner is holding an inquest into the death of a man shot by police.

A man involved in a standoff with police in Adelaide had pointed a shotgun at officers, had fired shots through a window and had threatened to blow things up before being shot and killed by a police marksman, an inquest has heard.

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