Deceased
Corey Selby
Demographics
47y, male
Coroner
Decision ofDeputy State Coroner Forbes
Date of death
2023
Finding date
2024-08-30
Cause of death
Gunshot wound sustained when police responded to his request
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Corey Selby, a 47-year-old man experiencing severe mental health crisis, contacted police requesting they attend his home to shoot him. He pointed a rifle at officers, resulting in fatal police shooting. The coroner found critical failures in mental health care and police response protocols. Key preventability factors include: inadequate mental health assessment and follow-up following prior hospitalization, lack of coordination between mental health and police services, absence of suicide risk management plans, and insufficient mental health training for police. The death highlights systemic failures in crisis intervention, the need for integrated mental health and law enforcement protocols, mandatory mental health assessments before armed police deployment to persons in crisis, and improved training for police in de-escalation and mental health recognition.
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STATE CORONER'S COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES Inquest: Inquest into the death of Mr Corey SELBY Hearing dates: 27 May 2024 NSW Coroners Court sitting at Tenterfield Local Court 28-30 May 2024 NSW Coroners Court sitting at Armidale Local Court Date of findings: 30 August 2024 Place of findings: NSW State Coroner's Court, Lidcombe Findings of: Deputy State Coroner Carmel Forbes File number: 2023/21244 Catchwords CORONIAL LAW-request by deceased for police to attend his house with an intention of provoking police to shoot him and end his life by pointing a rifle at them-police response to that request -mental health care- mental health care training for police Representation: Mr J Harris Counsel Assisting, instructed by Ms E Leung, Crown Solicitor's Office
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