<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man pointed a homemade pistol at police and yelled "one of you is going down" before an officer fatally opened fire with a rifle, a coroner has heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tjay Robert Doeblien, 27, died after being shot in the chest by a police officer outside an Ipswich home, west of Brisbane, in May 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police had responded to reports of a disturbance and a male chasing a female with a stick, Coroner Terry Ryan heard at the start of an inquest on Wednesday.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-dad-wearing-nothing-but-spongebob-underwear-takes-down-alleged-carjacker/44b6d21d-f9f8-4b61-9d8b-2a0b1b1ef709"><strong><span>Dad wearing almost nothing launches into 'fight mode'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Senior Constable John Johnstone testified he fired his service rifle at Doeblien after the man's statements and his pointing a firearm at officers helped him decide there was a deadly threat to police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I decided to attempt to stop that imminent threat. I pressed the trigger once, opened fire once and reattained a sight picture," Johnstone said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was still standing in the same way. That meant my risk assessment hadn't changed. I pressed the trigger again and ceased firing. I observed him fall."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ipswich-police-shooting-tjay-robert-doeblien-yelled-police-going-down-before-fatal-shooting/7e7d3241-c135-4036-8a14-0956da77a2c5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Doeblien's mother, Patricia Roach, and family members were in court for the inquest and saw body-worn camera video of police trying to negotiate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You put the gun down, we lower our firearms. That's a fair deal," one officer said in the footage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Doeblien had a crude "zip gun" he made from a pipe, metal plates and a wooden grip covered in tape and painted silver, a police ethical standards investigation found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/met-police-searching-for-another-mistakenly-released-foreign-prisoner/d1901418-980e-48dc-ac2a-cc6786239eb2"><strong><span>Manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It had no firing pin. It was incapable of being fired. It looked like it was real," Detective Senior Sergeant Tara O'Donnell testified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It seemed Doeblien had a silver handgun in his hand, Johnstone testified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Doeblien was walking around, pointing a gun at himself and police and told officers "there's one round in here and one of you is going down", Senior Constable Darien Gough said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A person pointing a gun at officers 25 metres away was determined to be an unacceptable risk of death or serious harm to police or the public, Ryan heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He made a direct threat that one of us was going down. I interpreted it as one of us would be shot and killed," Gough said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/zohran-mamdani-wins-nyc-mayors-race-capping-a-stunning-ascent/1701efb5-c55a-4a71-85ef-2bd58c22a985" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>All eyes now on Trump as new NYC mayor reveals 'how to defeat him'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Doeblien was repeatedly told to put his gun down and did not comply, but yelled at police his gun did not have a firing pin.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gough said he still prepared to use lethal force with his police-issue pistol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It doesn't change the risks. We didn't have that establishment of trust," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gough saying "he's got one bullet. If he points it, we have just got to deploy, mate" did not act as encouragement to shoot, Johnstone testified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I believed (Doeblien) had the capability of killing or seriously injuring any of us present," Johnstone said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When he used both hands to point in our direction, I thought he was imminently going to shoot that firearm and possibly cause death or grievous bodily harm."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The inquest is due to conclude on Thursday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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