The death of an unarmed Indigenous man who was shot while fleeing custody has prompted a coroner to recommend an urgent review of laws governing the use of firearms by correctional officers.
An urgent review into correctional officers' use of firearms has been recommended by an inquiry into the death of an Indigenous man shot while fleeing custody. Dwayne Johnstone, a 43-year-old Wiradjuri man, was shot dead outside Lismore Base Hospital as he ran in leg shackles and handcuffs from a prison van after receiving medical treatment on March 15, 2019. A correctional officer fired three shots at Mr Johnstone as he tried to flee, including an initial warning shot.
Following the release of the findings, Mr Johnstone's mother Kerry Shanahan urged the attorney-general and corrections minister to "take note" of the coroner's call for a review. "Please do it so no one else has to go through it," she said. "That's what I was fighting for all this time.
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