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Western Sydney police shooting victim Bradley Balzan’s family callsl for royal commission into policing
The family of an apprentice tradesman killed by a senior constable in Western Sydney has called for a royal commission into policing in New South Wales.
Key points:
- Police say Bradley Balzan grabbed a gun from a plain-clothed officer before being shot
- His grandmother said he had been walking to the shops when four officers approached him in an unmarked car
- Bradley’s father was told to stay inside while his son died in their backyard
Bradley Balzan, 20, was walking to the shops at St Marys when four plain-clothed officers pulled up next to him in an unmarked car two days ago.
His grandmother Nola Balzan said one of the undercover officers asked, “What are you doing?” but failed to disclose he was with the police force.
“He ignored them, which,…
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