Hassan Yahya was shot dead by a firearms police officer in Westminster in March 2020.
The use of a firearm by a City of London Police officer who felt threatened by a man armed with two knives was "consistent with training", an inquest has heard.
Police expert Gary Wedge told Inner West London Coroner's Court training for firearms officers "requires them to make decisions in line with the national decision model". The inquest heard an officer tried to Taser Mr Yahya in Northumberland Avenue at about 23:30 GMT, before he moved towards Great Scotland Yard.At the inquest, Mr Wedge, manager of the national police firearms training curriculum at the College of Policing, was asked whether the use of the firearm was in line with training.
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