MOMENTS before a man was shot dead by plainclothed officers in a Sydney street, two brothers seeking revenge tipped off police he was armed, an inquest has heard.
Rodney Elkass, 37, was killed last year following a brief confrontation with police, who shot him in the head while he was stopped in his ute a block from Castle Hill police station on September 29.
The confrontation came less than half-an-hour after the painter and handyman waved a Glock 17 pistol at his former workmate - known as Witness A - and his brother, Witness B, when they sought to start a fight.
An inquest into Mr Elkass's death heard on Tuesday that his once friendly working relationship with Witness A turned sour in 2000, when the latter sent a text message saying, "Die Koran".
The pair got into a fight, leaving Witness A with two black eyes.
After spotting Mr Elkass at Castle Towers shopping centre in a chance meeting on September 29, Witness A told the inquest he wanted revenge.
"I was going to belt him like he belted me," he said.
"I have held this grudge for 12 years."
He and his brother drove after Mr Elkass's ute from the car park out into the street, before the pair confronted him at his driver door near a street corner.
"He was saying 'Get back or I will shoot' and I was telling him, 'Be a man and get out of the car'," Witness A said.
When it became clear the brothers were not going to have their way physically, Diana Yehia, SC - who is representing Mr Elkass's family - put to Witness A that they decided to get the police onto him.
That's correct, he said.
Witness B then called triple-zero, telling the operator a man had pulled a gun on them during a "road rage incident".
He told the inquest he had urged Witness A to pursue Mr Elkass through Castle Hill.
Earlier on Tuesday, the inquest heard that months before being shot, police should have seized his pistol after a routine police inspection discovered he was not storing his weapon in a safe.
Inspecting officer Sergeant Michael Tory said Mr Elkass had also lied, telling him that he was keeping it at the Condell Park Pistol Range.
Mr Elkass later said it was being kept in a plastic bag.
The inquest was told that, despite the Firearms Act stating that officers must seize a gun when not stored properly, Sgt Tory believed it was up to his discretion.
No further action was taken against Mr Elkass.
The inquest before Deputy State Coroner Hugh Dillon continues.
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