Police officer shot dead while trying to detain man at custody station in London
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA police officer has been shot dead while trying to detain a man at Croydon Police Station in south London.The officer was shot by the 23-year-old in the early hours of Friday morning.In a statement, Scotland Yard said: "At approximately 0215 on Friday, September 25 the officer was shot by a man who was being detained at Croydon Custody Centre in Windmill Lane."Officers and paramedics treated him at the scene and he was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service.
Very tragically he subsequently died at hospital."We are in the process of informing all of the officer’s family and are supporting them with specialist officers."The statement added that the man was detained by officers at the scene and was also taken to hospital with a gunshot.
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