A police officer has broken down recalling how she tried to help a woman stabbed in the head and neck by a man her colleague ultimately shot dead. 9News
by Constable Emmanuel Andrew at John Coutts Reserve in Melbourne's north on the afternoon of July 16, 2020.
Giving evidence at an inquest on Thursday, the now Senior Constable Churcher recalled her colleague telling the man repeatedly to stop his attack. She also got her firearm out of her holster, telling State Coroner John Cain: "I naturally felt that this was the appropriate action". Likewise, it wouldn't have been appropriate to use capsicum spray, Churcher said, because they were outside and open to the elements.
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