Barrister Mark Saunders was hit at least five times by police marksmen during a shootout at his Chelsea home, an inquest has heard.
The divorce specialist was killed after holing himself up in his £2.2m flat armed with his shotgun on Tuesday night.
Armed police moved in after he began firing shots at neighbours in the wealthy square in Chelsea.
He was shot in the head, the
heart and the liver and the bullets were fired from several police weapons, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court heard.
Coroner's officer Lynda Morris told the hearing that Mr Saunders did not suffer any injuries from his own shotgun.
She said: "The multiple gunshot wounds present are associated with severe internal damage to the brain, the heart, the liver and the main vein of the lower body.
"The external and internal gunshot-related damage is consistent with a minimum of five shots having hit the deceased.
"The nature of the wound and the projectile material recovered from the body suggests that more than one type of bullet has hit the deceased and further information will become available on this point."
Mrs Morris was reading from a preliminary report prepared by pathologist Dr Nathaniel Carey on Thursday.
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