When Mark Davidson pulls the trigger he has pin point accuracy.
As the police sniper explained to Liz Hayes in an interview with 60 Minutes, if he’s shooting a person front on, he’s able to hit the tiny bit of skin between the lip and the nose.
He’s deadly. A trained killer.
Here’s part of the interview with 60 Minutes. Post continues after video.
In December 2014 in Sydney’s CBD, Mark spent 16 hours posted outside the Lindt Cafe. His eye watched the terrorist through the barrel of a gun for the entire ordeal – as 18 terrified people were held hostage long into the night.
Two people died that day; cafe manager Tori Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson, and five years on Mark admits he could have shot and killed Man Haron Monis, but he didn’t pull the trigger.
“In my opinion, I believe Tori was a preventable death,” Mark told 60 Minutes. “I’ve lived with that for years.”
Top Comments
How horrible, that poor guy. Imagine training your whole life for this situation and then people die because you aren't allowed to do your job. Its actually terrifying how unprepared the police were for this situation.
Yes Cat it was very disturbing how ill prepared the NSW police were. I am an ex policewoman, I know how difficult the job is but the way that day played out was painful. I really don’t know what they were thinking. The NSW police are trying to contradict the marksman who spoke out but the English officer that was involved in the enquiry clearly stated if the same situation arises again it will end very quickly. He was politely saying Lindt went on way too long. I believe they learnt a lot from it but it was very sloppy in my opinion.