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| James Fox lawfully killed by Met Police, rules inquest jury | James Fox lawfully killed by Met Police, rules inquest jury |
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| A mentally ill man who was shot dead by police at his north London home was lawfully killed, an inquest has ruled. | A mentally ill man who was shot dead by police at his north London home was lawfully killed, an inquest has ruled. |
| James Fox, 43, was hit five times as he opened the door to his flat in Picardy House, Enfield in August 2015. | |
| The shooting happened hours after Mr Fox had gone to his father's home, where he threatened to kill him and pointed a gun at a child's head. | The shooting happened hours after Mr Fox had gone to his father's home, where he threatened to kill him and pointed a gun at a child's head. |
| Jurors at North London Coroner's Court found officers believed they needed to use force to defend themselves. | Jurors at North London Coroner's Court found officers believed they needed to use force to defend themselves. |
| The inquest heard that Mr Fox's stepmother told police he had left their home with a gun. | |
| Following the call to police, officers began a search for an "emotionally or mentally distressed" Mr Fox and armed officers were deployed as they did not know what type of firearm he had. | |
| He had previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and had been known to own an airgun to "shoot pigeons". | |
| An air pistol was found when his flat was searched. | |
| The police officers who shot Mr Fox dead were also cleared by an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation, a report released after jurors reached their decision showed. | |
| It found "both officers were entitled to believe there was an immediate threat to life and were justified in their decision to fire their weapons". | |
| IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said: "This was a tragic case for all concerned but our investigation has found that neither the officers' actions nor the tactics of the MPS were at fault here. | |
| "This case is also notable for the positive use of body worn video which resulted in the incident being captured from two perspectives, capturing the officers' efforts to save Mr Fox's life and providing an impartial account that corroborated the officers' accounts of what happened that night." |