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Police worker shot dead by radicalised teen unpreventable, inquiry finds

ABC Australia · Jun 5, 2026, 3:07 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Police accountant Curtis Cheng, 58, was shot outside NSW Police headquarters in Sydney's west.
  • An inquest into the shooting death of a police accountant has found law enforcement could not have intervened before it happened.
  • Curtis Cheng, 58, was shot by Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad, 15, outside a police station in Sydney's west.

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Police accountant Curtis Cheng, 58, was shot outside NSW Police headquarters in Sydney's west. (AAP: David Moir)

An inquest into the shooting death of a police accountant has found law enforcement could not have intervened before it happened.

Curtis Cheng, 58, was shot by Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad, 15, outside a police station in Sydney's west.

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