Speaking outside the coroner's court, Chris Kaba's cousin said that the shooting felt 'very personal' for many communities across London.
Chris Kaba, who was due to become a father, died in the early hours of 6 September
Coroner Andrew Harris offered his condolences to the family of the 24-year-old, who was shot through the windscreen of a car in Streatham Hill on 5 September. At 21:52 BST, about 15 minutes before the shooting, a pursuit began by officers in an unmarked police car with no lights or sirens.After driving the Audi down Kirkstall Gardens, Mr Kaba was blocked by a marked police car and there was contact between the Audi and police vehicles, the court heard.
He was taken to hospital, but died soon after midnight on 6 September. A provisional cause of death was given as a "gunshot wound to the head".Speaking outside the coroner's court, his cousin Jefferson Bosela said: "An urgent decision on criminal charges is critical for this family and many others to have faith in a system that is supposed to bring them justice."
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