Garda couldn't believe George Nkencho was 'still going' after several shots were fired, inquest told

The seventh day of the inquest also heard that gardaí used tasers four times before fatal shooting of George Nkencho

George Nkencho, aged 27, died after suffering fatal gunshot wounds in the incident outside his family home at Manorfields Drive, Clonee, Co Dublin, on December 30, 2020, shortly after he had been involved in a disturbance at a nearby supermarket.

A detective has told an inquest that he could not believe how George Nkencho was still able to continue to swing a knife at armed gardaí after several shots had been fired at him at close range.

Detective Garda Brendan O’Hora told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court that he had drawn his own firearm after thinking Mr Nkencho had stabbed a member of the Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU) with his knife.