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Sydney student shot dead in mistaken identity killing

A university student was fatally shot in Sydney in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity, with a police officer now charged over the incident.

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A 22 to 23-year-old university student was shot dead in Sydney's early hours of Tuesday morning. The shooting appears to have been a case of mistaken identity. An officer has been charged in connection with the killing.

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Stuff

‘He didn’t deserve this’: Sydney university student shot dead, latest victim of mistaken identity

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the 23-year-old was shot dead in his bed in what appears to be Sydney’s latest mistaken identity killing.

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1News

Officer charged over killing of student shot after going to wrong house

The unarmed 22-year-old was reportedly looking for his friends late at night when he was shot by police.

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