‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Published on July 7, 2025
‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

Warning: This article contains reference to Indigenous Australians who have died

The inquest findings into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker will be handed down in Yuendumu on Monday, almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community.

Zachary Rolfe shot Walker three times while trying to arrest him on 9 November 2019 in Yuendumu, about 300km from Alice Springs.

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