The Latest Breaking News from Kumanjayi Walker

A coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard a use of force expert concluded Constable Zachary Rolfe had a "tendency to rush into situations".

Coroner told Walker detained at a time when an NT inquiry was ‘extremely critical’ of the treatment of vulnerable children in custody

Northern Territory police deceived Kumanjayi Walker's community about his death because they were fearful of the repercussions, an inquest has been told.

Counsel assisting a coronial inquest into an Indigenous teen's shooting death has expressed frustration over a policeman's objections to the hearing.

A three-month inquest into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker has begun in Alice Springs, with members of his family urging the court to hear their voices.

‘We hope you accept our invitation and listen to what we have to say’, said one community leader

The three-month inquest will explore the circumstances of Kumanjayi Walker's death in the remote community of Yuendumu, where he died hours after being shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe, who was found not guilty earlier this year.

An inquest into the death of Indigenous teen killed by an NT police constable has been told his family were afraid and terrified the night he was fatally shot.

Six months after a police officer was found not guilty of murdering Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker in the outback, a coroner will examine the shooting.

The family of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker have requested an inquest into his death no longer take place in his home community of Yuendumu.

Plans for an inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker to begin in a remote Northern Territory community have been abandoned amid tensions between locals.