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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Police operation in which NSW man shot dead during psychotic episode was ‘flawed’, inquest finds

Todd McKenzie’s family and their legal team
Todd McKenzie’s family and their legal team at the Lidcombe coroners court of New South Wales on Friday. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP

A New South Wales police operation that resulted in a man being shot dead by the force while suffering psychosis was significantly “flawed”, an inquest has found.

Todd McKenzie, 40, was suffering from a psychosis when he shot three times by police in his Taree home in 2019 following a nine-hour siege after police responded to reports he was on the street yelling and holding a knife.

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