A specialist firearms officer who fired the shot that last week killed a rapper in Streatham, south London, has been suspended from duty.
Chris Kaba, 24, was shot dead on Sept. 5, after the Audi car he was driving in was pursued by a Metropolitan Police armed response vehicle after it triggered an alert.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the Audi had activated an automatic number plate recognition camera on Sept. 5, which indicated it had been linked to a firearms offence a few days before.
Kaba’s family have demanded to see video footage of his final moments.
Undated family handout photo of rapper Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by police at Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, south London on Sept. 5, 2022. (Inquest/PA)
Kaba—who used the stage name Mad Itch and was part of the rap group 67—was found to be unarmed and there was no gun at the scene, unlike the shooting of two other black men—Jermaine Baker in 2015 or Mark Duggan in 2011. The latter sparked widespread rioting across London….