Kaba, killed by single shot to head fired by officer, was not a suspect but car he was driving had been flagged

Chris Kaba was followed but not chased by police and was not a suspect before he was shot dead by a firearms officer, an inquest into his death has been told.

The unarmed father-to-be was killed by a single shot to the head fired by an officer referred to only as NX121, in a residential road in Streatham on 5 September, Southwark coroner’s court heard on Tuesday morning.

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