shot dead a police officer at a south London station during a Covid check was on the terror police radar, reports have claimed.
An unnamed custody sergeant died in the early hours of Friday morning after he was gunned down while booking in a man suspected of having ammunition at Croydon Custody Centre.The suspect, who was handcuffed, managed to pull a gun from his trousers before shooting the veteran officer in the chest.He then turned the gun on himself.The 23-year-old suspect, who is still critically injured in hospital, was known to counter-terror police.It is thought he was on their radar in the past, but this hasn't been confirmed by the Met Police, the BBC reports.Police watchdog investigators are still probing the arrest to try and.
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