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Inquest into Jeffrey Brooks' 1996 shooting death hears he 'feared for his life' prior to suspected accident

A man who was originally thought to have died from a suspected accidental gunshot wound on a Queensland farm had told family he was being threatened and "feared for his life" in the lead up to the fatal shooting, an inquest has heard.

In March 1996, Jeffrey Brooks was shot in the chest by a 12-gauge single-barrel shotgun at a crayfish farm he worked on in Beenleigh.

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