Article 5047P Video games fan fired air pistol at police before being shot, inquest told

Video games fan fired air pistol at police before being shot, inquest told

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Spencer Ashworth fatally wounded by Avon and Somerset officers near M5 outside Bristol

A fan of violent video games was shot dead by four armed police officers after firing an air pistol at one of them, an inquest heard.

Shortly before he died, Spencer Ashworth told a relative he had a "new James Bond air pistol" and said he wanted to move to the US.

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