Stanley Russell inquest: one of the police who shot Aboriginal man ‘very comfortable’ with firearms, court hears

Family and friends hold a photo of Stanley Russell at the inquest into his death, which has heard from one of the police officers who shot at him. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

A New South Wales court has heard one of the police officers who shot a Gomeroi man last year was a former army reserve member who counted shooting among his hobbies, owned several rifles and was “very comfortable” with firearms.

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