05/08/2011
IPCC Appeals For Witnesses To Fatal Shooting In Tottenham
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is appealing for witnesses to a fatal shooting by police in Tottenham yesterday evening.
At around 6.15pm officers from Trident, accompanied by officers from the Specialist Firearms Command (CO19), stopped a minicab in Ferry Lane, Tottenham to carry out an arrest. Shots were fired and a 29-year-old man, who was a passenger in the cab, died at the scene.
The attempted arrest was part of a pre-planned operation under Trident. It is believed that two shots were fired by a firearms officer. A non-police issue handgun was recovered at the scene. An officer’s radio which appears to have a bullet lodged in it has also been recovered. Both the radio and the handgun are now being sent for expedited forensic tests.
A CO19 officer was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure but has since been discharged.
Photographic and forensic examination of the scene began yesterday evening and is continuing today.
IPCC Commissioner, Rachel Cerfontyne, said: "Fatal shootings by the police are extremely rare and understandably raise significant community concerns. The IPCC will always conduct the investigations into such shootings to ensure that the public can be confident they are fully independent. I will make certain that this investigation is thorough and answers the many questions that everyone has when such an incident occurs. I fully recognise how distressing and disturbing this must be for the family and the local community.
“Any witnesses to what happened will make a vital contribution to our evidence gathering, so I would urge anyone who saw the incident to contact us as a matter of urgency.”
(BMcN)
At around 6.15pm officers from Trident, accompanied by officers from the Specialist Firearms Command (CO19), stopped a minicab in Ferry Lane, Tottenham to carry out an arrest. Shots were fired and a 29-year-old man, who was a passenger in the cab, died at the scene.
The attempted arrest was part of a pre-planned operation under Trident. It is believed that two shots were fired by a firearms officer. A non-police issue handgun was recovered at the scene. An officer’s radio which appears to have a bullet lodged in it has also been recovered. Both the radio and the handgun are now being sent for expedited forensic tests.
A CO19 officer was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure but has since been discharged.
Photographic and forensic examination of the scene began yesterday evening and is continuing today.
IPCC Commissioner, Rachel Cerfontyne, said: "Fatal shootings by the police are extremely rare and understandably raise significant community concerns. The IPCC will always conduct the investigations into such shootings to ensure that the public can be confident they are fully independent. I will make certain that this investigation is thorough and answers the many questions that everyone has when such an incident occurs. I fully recognise how distressing and disturbing this must be for the family and the local community.
“Any witnesses to what happened will make a vital contribution to our evidence gathering, so I would urge anyone who saw the incident to contact us as a matter of urgency.”
(BMcN)
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