Police shooting in London yesterday
x | 14.12.2010 13:39
There was a police shooting of an unarmed man in Eltham yesterday that is not making the newwswires.
Police shot an unarmed man outside Boots in Eltham, south-east London yesterday. For some reasonthis story is not recieving much media attention.
From the Evening Standard
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23906653-unarmed-man-is-shot-in-throat-as-police-swoop-on-raid-gang.do
Unarmed man is shot in throat as police swoop on ‘raid gang’
An independent inquiry was launched today into a police ambush of a suspected robbery gang in which a man was shot in the throat as he sat in a car and another hit with a Taser stun gun.
Three suspects were taken to hospital after officers from CO19, the Met's specialist firearms unit, opened fire in south-east London. No weapons were found. One suspect suffered stomach pains although it is not believed he was shot.
The ambush took place outside a Boots store in Eltham High Street at about 7am yesterday when the suspects were under surveillance in an operation by armed officers and members of the Met's Flying Squad.
The shooting was referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission by the Met. In a statement the IPCC said: “During the operation, an armed response vehicle approached a car containing three men. As they approached the car, one officer fired a shot and the bullet hit one of the men. The man was taken to a London hospital, where his condition is described as non-critical.”
Police are believed to have fired a Taser at one suspect when the gang allegedly tried to take two women hostages inside the Boots store.
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From the Evening Standard
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23906653-unarmed-man-is-shot-in-throat-as-police-swoop-on-raid-gang.do Unarmed man is shot in throat as police swoop on ‘raid gang’
An independent inquiry was launched today into a police ambush of a suspected robbery gang in which a man was shot in the throat as he sat in a car and another hit with a Taser stun gun.
Three suspects were taken to hospital after officers from CO19, the Met's specialist firearms unit, opened fire in south-east London. No weapons were found. One suspect suffered stomach pains although it is not believed he was shot.
The ambush took place outside a Boots store in Eltham High Street at about 7am yesterday when the suspects were under surveillance in an operation by armed officers and members of the Met's Flying Squad.
The shooting was referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission by the Met. In a statement the IPCC said: “During the operation, an armed response vehicle approached a car containing three men. As they approached the car, one officer fired a shot and the bullet hit one of the men. The man was taken to a London hospital, where his condition is described as non-critical.”
Police are believed to have fired a Taser at one suspect when the gang allegedly tried to take two women hostages inside the Boots store.
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