Man shot by firearms officer in Somerset shouted ‘I want to die!’, court hears

Reed Wischhusen, who allegedly plotted series of revenge' attacks, pointed handgun at police officer, jury told

A police firearms officer has told a jury he thought he was going to die when a man accused of plotting to carry out a series of revenge" attacks ran towards him pointing a gun.

The officer, identified only by the codename L4, became emotional as he described drawing his own gun and shooting Reed Wischhusen, who had allegedly stockpiled an armoury and plotted attacks on his former primary school, his workplace and a police headquarters.