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Sydney Morning Herald
14 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Don't you dare': Officer's warnings before fatally shooting driver
A woman behind the wheel of an SUV that pinned a police officer to a fence was warned to 'go back' 10 times before she was shot and killed. 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.
The Age
14 hours ago
- The Age
‘Don't you dare': Officer's warnings before fatally shooting driver
A woman behind the wheel of an SUV that pinned a police officer to a fence was warned to 'go back' 10 times before she was shot and killed. 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.
