Barrister Mark Saunders, who is originally from Cheshire, was hit at least five times by police marksmen during a shootout at his London home, an inquest heard.
The divorce specialist, from Alderley Edge, was killed after holing himself up in his £2.2 million Chelsea flat armed with his shotgun on Tuesday night.
Armed police moved in after he began firing shots at neighbours in the wealthy square in Chels
ea.
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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