Adam Balzan is suing police after plain-clothed officers fatally shot his son at their home. Photo: Ronnie Amini/AAP PHOTOS

A father is taking legal action against police for nervous shock and psychiatric injury after officers fatally shot his son in their backyard.

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Adam Balzan awoke to the sounds of bangs and crashes as plain-clothes police chased his 20-year-old son into their western Sydney home and shot him dead in 2020.

A coroner on Thursday found the police officers' decisions to detain, pursue and use force against Bradley Balzan were unjustified and unreasonable.

While the

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