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NT cop's fatal shots not necessary: expert

NT Police's Andrew Barram (pictured) found Constable Zachary Rolfe used heavy-handed tactics. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Northern Territory police officer didn't need to fire the gunshots that killed an Indigenous teenager, an expert witness has told an inquest.

Constable Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker, 19, three times during a bungled arrest in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs, on November 9, 2019.

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