The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said in a statement on Sept. 7 that a detailed search of the scene where a 24-year-old man was killed by police in south London on Sept. 5 had been completed, “No non-police issue firearm has been recovered from the vehicle or the scene.”
Chris Kaba, a rapper with the drill group 67, was pursued by an armed response vehicle as he drove his Audi through Streatham, south London.
Eyewitnesses said the car was blocked in by police vehicles in Kirkstall Gardens before Kaba was shot by a police marksman.
The IOPC issued a statement, saying: “We understand at this stage that police officers in an armed response vehicle attempted to stop the vehicle Mr. Kaba was in, following the activation of an automatic number plate recognition camera which indicated the vehicle was linked to a firearms incident in the previous days.”…