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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

‘Such a gentle soul’: family in shock after Sydney man Steve Pampalian shot dead by police

Steve Pampalian
Steve Pampalian, 41, who was shot dead by police in Sydney last month Photograph: Pampalian family

The day before Steve Pampalian was shot dead by police in his driveway in a quiet suburban street in Sydney’s north, his older brother Eddie had a longer than usual phone conversation with him.

Mostly it was about the new car Steve hoped to buy after he saved enough money from his long-held job working as a barber. And what Eddie’s daughters, who Steve cared for as if they were his own, were up to.

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