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Michael Fitzpatrick shooting: 'Police are going to kill me' Michael Fitzpatrick shooting: 'Police are going to kill me'
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A wanted man who was shot dead in a Brighton street told a friend police were going to find him and kill him, and inquest has been told. A wanted man who was shot dead in a Brighton street told a friend police were going to find him and kill him, aninquest has been told.
Michael Fitzpatrick, 49, was shot by officers in Rock Place, in the Kemptown area of the city, on 10 February 2011.Michael Fitzpatrick, 49, was shot by officers in Rock Place, in the Kemptown area of the city, on 10 February 2011.
He had pulled out a handgun after officers stopped him on the street, Brighton Coroner's Court was told.He had pulled out a handgun after officers stopped him on the street, Brighton Coroner's Court was told.
His friend, Dustin Sussex, told the inquest jury Mr Fitzpatrick would rather have died than return to jail.His friend, Dustin Sussex, told the inquest jury Mr Fitzpatrick would rather have died than return to jail.
Sussex Police had wanted to speak to Mr Fitzpatrick in connection with several armed robberies.Sussex Police had wanted to speak to Mr Fitzpatrick in connection with several armed robberies.
He was fatally wounded in the chest and abdomen when police opened fire.He was fatally wounded in the chest and abdomen when police opened fire.
Mr Sussex, 31, said Mr Fitzpatrick had worked for him as driver and they had been close friends for four or five years.Mr Sussex, 31, said Mr Fitzpatrick had worked for him as driver and they had been close friends for four or five years.
The pair spoke on the phone and met regularly, he told the hearing, even after Mr Fitzpatrick stopped working for him.The pair spoke on the phone and met regularly, he told the hearing, even after Mr Fitzpatrick stopped working for him.
The inquest was told that, the weekend before Mr Fitzpatrick's death, the pair had met in the car park of Burgess Hill station.The inquest was told that, the weekend before Mr Fitzpatrick's death, the pair had met in the car park of Burgess Hill station.
Mr Sussex said: "He said that he would never end up back in prison. He said 'They are going to find me and they are going to kill me'.Mr Sussex said: "He said that he would never end up back in prison. He said 'They are going to find me and they are going to kill me'.
"He thought he was going to go back to prison because the police were looking for him."He thought he was going to go back to prison because the police were looking for him.
"He said in conversations when we spoke about prison that he would rather be dead than go back there.""He said in conversations when we spoke about prison that he would rather be dead than go back there."
The inquest continues.The inquest continues.