Inquest into death of Aboriginal man Stanley Russell shown disturbing footage of moment he was shot by police

The court heard there was limited body-worn camera footage of the moment Stanley Russell was shot as only one officer had turned on their camera but was in another part of the house Photograph: Supplied

A New South Wales court has seen graphic footage of police shooting an Aboriginal man at least five times in the “obstructed tunnel” of a narrow hallway of a house in Sydney’s west, during an attempted arrest in November 2021.

Gomeroi man Stanley Russell, 45, was shot dead by police in his aunt’s home in western Sydney on 9 November 2021, after they had come to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.