A man has died after being shot by police officers responding to reports of a person armed with a crossbow forcing entry into a home.
At about 4.55am on Tuesday (January 30) police were called to a property in Bywater Place, near Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays in Southwark.
At about 4.55am on Tuesday (January 30) police were called to a property in Bywater Place, near Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays in Southwark.
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00:00 A man has died after being shot by police who were responding to reports of a person
00:04 armed with a crossbow forcing entry into a home on Tuesday January 30th in Southwark.
00:10 The Met Police says he was reported to be threatening residents and that armed officers
00:14 were called when local officers were themselves threatened. The force said the man had got
00:18 inside the property and a police firearm was discharged. Two occupants of the building
00:24 received minor injuries during the incident. The Independent Office for Police Conduct
00:28 has begun an investigation.
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