Sean fitzgerald 'killed lawfully' inquest jury rules
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A jury has decided a Coventry man shot dead by police in 2019, was 'killed lawfully' the BBC have reported. 31-year-old Sean Fitzgerald was shot in the chest and died on 4 January
2019. It happened when West Midlands Police officers were investigating the activities of a suspected organised crime gang on Burnaby Road. The officer who fired the fatal shot - Officer K -
gave evidence at Coventry Coroner's Court in an inquest that started last month. Mr Fitzgerald died from a gunshot wound to the chest after leaving a property on the street at about
6.20pm. He was unarmed. READ MORE: COVENTRY PUB CLOSED FOR YEARS SET TO REOPEN THIS WEEK READ MORE: WARNINGS ISSUED AFTER 'RECKLESS' SURFERS SPOTTED RIDING ON TOP OF COVENTRY BUS
Six years on, an inquest jury was asked to consider two conclusions of lawful or unlawful killing by Officer K. BBC CWR reports a majority 10-1 verdict found the killing was lawful. The
officer who fired the shot that killed Fitzgerald, as well several others, have been kept anonymous throughout the inquest. SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS
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