mellowyellow
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A WA police officer is on trial for murder - believed to be the first time a police officer has been charged with such an offence in the line of duty in almost 100 years in WA.
The court was shown CCTV footage from a house on Petchell Street of JC being shot.
One police car arrived on the scene and drove alongside JC, with an officer calling out for her to drop the knife.
The officer in the passenger seat radioed back that they had located someone carrying a knife and a pair of pink-handled scissors.
She radioed back again, saying they had told her to drop the knife or they would taser her, but she had ignored them.
Another marked police car arrived and pulled in front of her, an officer got out of the vehicle and began trying to talk to JC.
Ms Forrester said that officer, Senior Constable Barker, was of the view he could talk her down.
He was one of the officers who had dealt with her when she called on September 7 with mental health concerns.
Another officer got out of his vehicle and drew his taser but did not arm it.
An orange unmarked police car then arrived on the scene carrying the accused in the passenger seat.
CCTV footage showed he jumped out and ran towards the woman who seconds later was lying crumpled to the ground.
Ms Forrester said the accused shot JC in the abdomen, severing her iliac vein.
She was taken to hospital but died of internal bleeding…..
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10...der-trial-police-shooting-geraldton/100502832
