A person in his 20s has died in hospital after being shot by armed police following a pursuit in south London.
This story has been up to date – the person who was shot has been named
The Met Police mentioned in an announcement: “At 9.51pm on Monday specialist firearms officers have been in pursuit of a suspect automobile within the Lambeth space.”
Officers used a tactic the place they intentionally collide with a automotive to power it to cease to convey the pursuit to an finish in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, shortly earlier than 10pm on Monday.
Locals reported listening to gunshots and the police helicopter hovering overhead.
A 39-year-old man, who lives on close by New Park Highway and requested to not be named, advised the PA information company: “The (driver) drove up New Park Highway and turned up Kirkstall Gardens.
“A police automotive got here down Kirkstall Gardens and crashed into him.
“One other police automotive got here in behind him and so they had him locked in on the backside of Kirkstall Gardens.
“The automotive was motionless when he was shot.”
Officers gave the person first help whereas they waited for the London Ambulance Service and air ambulance to reach.
He was then taken to hospital the place he died at 12.16am.
Rachel Cook dinner, who lives in close by Kirkstall Highway, mentioned it was a “very quiet residential road” and that individuals have been “very shook up about it”.
Cordons have been in place on Kirkstall Gardens and New Park Highway on Tuesday, with a forensic tent put up and officers gathering proof on the scene.
Mates of the deceased have additionally gathered in Kirkstall Gardens, with a number of teams of younger males congregating on the road.
The assertion mentioned the Unbiased Workplace for Police Conduct has been contacted and an impartial investigation launched.
The charity Inquest, that works with bereaved households, mentioned on Twitter it was in search of to make contact with kin of the person who died.
