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Cassandra Morgan

Family forgive officer who shot son dead

Family of a man who police shot dead in a reserve say they forgive the officer who killed him. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The family of a man shot dead by police in Melbourne's north say they forgive the officer who killed him.

Gabriel Messo, who had diagnosed bipolar, was stabbing his mother Lilla Messo in her head and neck with a stick at John Coutts Reserve on the afternoon of July 16, 2020, when two officers arrived at the scene.

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