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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man shot by police killed lawfully
A man shot dead by police during a drugs raid was killed lawfully, a jury has concluded. Sean Fitzgerald, 31, was killed on 4 January 2019 in Burnaby Road, Coventry, where West Midlands Police officers were investigating the activities of a suspected organised crime gang. The officer who fired the fatal shot - Officer K - told Coventry Coroner's Court he had been standing in the property's back garden when he saw a curtain move and a black object being held. Mr Fitzgerald, who was unarmed, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after exiting the property at about 18:20 GMT. Six years after his death, an inquest jury was asked to consider two conclusions of lawful or unlawful killing by Officer K. The officer, as well as a number of others, have had their anonymity protected during the inquest. The jury identified three failures in the police operation, including the level of intelligence and inadequate prior surveillance of premises. Liam Fitzgerald, Sean's brother, held his head in his hands as the jury announced its conclusion. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man shot by police killed lawfully
A man shot dead by police during a drugs raid was killed lawfully, a jury has concluded. Sean Fitzgerald, 31, was killed on 4 January 2019 in Burnaby Road, Coventry, where West Midlands Police officers were investigating the activities of a suspected organised crime gang. The officer who fired the fatal shot - Officer K - told Coventry Coroner's Court he had been standing in the property's back garden when he saw a curtain move and a black object being held. Mr Fitzgerald, who was unarmed, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after exiting the property at about 18:20 GMT. Six years after his death, an inquest jury was asked to consider two conclusions of lawful or unlawful killing by Officer K. The officer, as well as a number of others, have had their anonymity protected during the inquest. The jury identified three failures in the police operation, including the level of intelligence and inadequate prior surveillance of premises. Liam Fitzgerald, Sean's brother, held his head in his hands as the jury announced its conclusion. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
