LONDON, United Kingdom — One of the two men killed in a Manchester synagogue terror attack earlier this month died from a gunshot fired by a police officer, a UK inquest heard on Wednesday.

Adrian Daulby, 53, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, while the other victim, Melvin Cravitz, 66, was killed by multiple knife wounds inflicted by the attacker, police told the Manchester Coroner’s Court.

Daulby was described at the hearing as a “quiet hero” who leaped from his seat to block the doors of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue when the attacker, Syrian-born UK citizen Jihad al-Shamie, tried to storm the building on October 2.

Greater Manchester Police Chief Superintendent Lewis Hughes told the court Daulby was hit in the chest while behind the door when the armed officer responding to the situation fired........

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