Article 5X3H2 Police officer faces criminal inquiry over fatal shooting of unarmed man

Police officer faces criminal inquiry over fatal shooting of unarmed man

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Tobi Thomas
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IOPC launches investigation into shooting of Sean Fitzgerald during West Midlands police raid in 2019

A police firearms officer is being investigated for potential homicide offences after an unarmed man was shot dead.

Sean Fitzgerald, who was 31, was shot dead in January 2019 as he fled from a house in Coventry during an intelligence-planned raid by West Midlands police officers. Fitzgerald died after receiving a single gunshot wound to the chest.

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