‘Don't you dare': Officer's warnings before fatally shooting driver
Madeline Margaret Henry, 33, was shot dead on May 24 in South Melbourne after allegedly driving towards a senior male constable during the arrest of a machete-wielding man.
An inquest on Monday heard preliminary evidence, mostly drawn from CCTV and body-worn camera footage, in the lead-up to the deadly shooting.
The dramatic series of events was initiated when a 39-year-old South Melbourne man was spotted at the nearby Park Towers public housing buildings allegedly carrying a machete.
Henry was visiting the 31-storey towers and left about the same time as police sighted the man and called out to him by name, the court was told.
A police divvy van gave chase after he rode off on a scooter, with a CCTV camera showing a Ford Territory driven by Henry following behind.
The suspect was grappled to the ground by a first constable, as the senior constable approached to assist after running over the scooter.
The SUV stopped on Church Street with its passenger side door open as a 26-year-old male passenger walked into Dow Street with his hands at shoulder height.
He described himself as a friend of the suspect and claimed to own the scooter.
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