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Miklos Bolza

Father 'blindsided' as mentally ill son shot by police

Mark McKenzie said "Blind Freddy" could have foreseen the deadly tragedy. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The father of a mentally-ill man fatally shot by police says he wishes he could have helped avert a tragedy that should have been the obvious result of action taken by officers storming his son's house.

Mark McKenzie's son Todd had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was shot three times by police attending his home on the NSW mid-north coast in July 31, 2019.

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