Officer ‘didn’t have time’ to turn on body-worn camera before shooting Sydney man having psychotic episode, inquest hears
The Guardian World
by Jordyn BeazleyMarch 3, 2026
Steve Pampalian fatally shot in 2023 after moving towards police while holding kitchen knives, coronial inquest told
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A police officer has told a coronial inquest he didn’t have enough time to turn on his body-worn camera before he fatally shot a Sydney man who ran at him with two kitchen knives, amid conflicting statements on what unfolded in the critical moments before the man was killed.
Steve Pampalian, 41, was shot three times by a police officer in the driveway of his home on a quiet suburban street in Sydney’s North Willoughby on 25 May 2023 after he had a psychotic episode.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/3/2026