Article 57N26 NT police officer Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker twice at 'very close' range, court told

NT police officer Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker twice at 'very close' range, court told

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Lorena Allam and Australian Associated Press
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Body-worn video footage of the shooting, which took place during an attempted arrest in 2019, was played to court

A Northern Territory police officer has told a court he saw Constable Zachary Rolfe shoot Kumanjayi Walker twice at very close" range during an attempted arrest of the young man at his Yuendumu home in November 2019.

Body-worn video footage of the shooting, described by the prosecutor, Phil Strickland, as of an extreme nature", was played to the court several times during Tuesday's committal hearing for Rolfe who has been charged with Walker's murder.

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