Zachary Rolfe bragged about injuring innocent man, Kumanjayi Walker inquest told

Treated him to the old illegal shoulder charge,' Northern Territory police officer wrote in text message, inquiry hears

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A Northern Territory police officer who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker bragged about injuring a man wrongly suspected of escaping custody, an inquest has heard.

Walker, 19, died after Constable Zachary Rolfe shot him three times during a botched arrest in Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs, on 9 November 2019.

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