Specialist firearms officers from the Metropolitan Police shot dead a man in his 20s after a car chase through the streets of south London on Monday night.
Scotland Yard has not said why police were pursuing the “suspect vehicle” but at 9:51 p.m. they cornered the blue Audi Q5 in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham.
Police described it as a “tactical contact” and they said the man suffered a gunshot injury after a police firearm was discharged.
Police officers reportedly tried to give first aid to the man before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital, where he died just after midnight.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has now launched an investigation into the incident….
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