Acting commissioner says use of bean bag rounds suspended in state after Krista Kach Tasered and shot by officers in Newcastle last week
Bean bag rounds fired at Krista Kach duringpenetrated her chest and hit her heart, killing the 47-year-old, the New South Wales police acting commissioner says.
Bean bag rounds are described as a “less than lethal option” by NSW police, but the acting commissioner, David Hudson, on Tuesday revealed in this instance Kach died when the rounds penetrated her chest and and hit her heart. “Unfortunately in this case, which happens in a small number of cases, it has proven fatal,” Husdon told reporters.
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