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Metropolitan Police Officer Dies From Gunshot Wounds

PA  |  Posted: 14/05/2012 22:00 Updated: 14/05/2012 22:00   PA

Scotland Yard
The officer has yet to be formally identified

A Metropolitan Police officer has died at a police station after suffering gunshot wounds.

The officer, aged in his 30s, was serving within the Aviation Security Command at London City Airport when he was found injured at North Woolwich police station in east London on Sunday afternoon, police said.

London Ambulance Service attended but he was pronounced dead just after 2.50pm.

The force is not seeking anyone else in connection with the death of the Pc, who has yet to be formally identified.

His next of kin have been informed and a report is being prepared for the coroner by officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards, the Met said.

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A Metropolitan Police officer has died at a police station after suffering gunshot wounds. The officer, aged in his 30s, was serving within the Aviation Security Command at London City Airport when...
A Metropolitan Police officer has died at a police station after suffering gunshot wounds. The officer, aged in his 30s, was serving within the Aviation Security Command at London City Airport when...
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eastlondon
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08:01 PM on 05/15/2012
apparently you cant say good on huff
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ideaville
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04:28 PM on 05/15/2012
Why not just wait until they have the facts and report on the officer shooting himself instead of a convoluted article implying it?
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Grant Morrison
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12:06 PM on 05/15/2012
..

Wait...what?

No explaination?

No suspect? Self-destruction? Accident?

The meat of the story is missing.
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sendiansmail
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04:17 PM on 05/15/2012
Read the script. If the DPS have been informed it is either an accident or possible negligence.
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cynic123
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11:51 AM on 05/15/2012
I have total respect for the police, they do a very good job. But we have all seen that they they do not have a good record with guns. They have killed more inosent people than they have criminals. A serving police officer said when I asked his view on firearms in the police force he replied " you can not arm a disorganised police force" his words not mine.
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John Boy 1
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09:18 PM on 05/15/2012
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty so perhaps everyone they have killed was innocent. You not have to be guilty of a crime to shot. The officer just had to believe the force is absolutely nessesary to protect his or the life of another.
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Lord Justice Wolf
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07:23 AM on 05/15/2012
Thats not strictly accurate? In Devon and Cornwall ALL unmarked BMW police cars and some marked BMWs carry side arms. They are often seen standing on dual carriageways directing traffic at RTAs and you can clearly see there 9mm Automatic weapons along with Tazers which have a yellow marker on them. They also carry 4 spare loaded magazines. It is thought that upto 40% of British Police now carry Firearms and over 70% trained to use them.
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Rule Britannia
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08:41 AM on 05/15/2012
Those figures are wholly inaccurate. I guess this is pub talk?
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elek
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10:02 AM on 05/15/2012
ljw . you need to go to specsavers mate ! i do think our police should be armed . but to suggest they already are is dreamland !
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Michaelxx
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12:40 PM on 05/15/2012
methinks you are in dreamland...the police have enough so called powers without giving them more in the way of giving them guns. we already are on the brink of a military state, and the public have no weapons to fight off a corrupt government, police or military
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05:28 AM on 05/15/2012
Do British police carry guns now?
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JRWaddy
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07:08 AM on 05/15/2012
Armed Response do, as do Airport Security, as a general rule Police officers are not carrying weapons on their normal day to day duties, although some carry Tazer.
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sendiansmail
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04:10 PM on 05/15/2012
Visit Salisbury. Police on standby to support the Protectioin Squad are regularly seen on duty carrying weapons unconcealed.
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04:32 PM on 05/15/2012
Many have done since the eighties when we were fighting the IRA. Now that we have homegrown muslim terrorists, I imagine many more having access to guns.
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arisole
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10:52 PM on 05/14/2012
O boy this goes to show no one is safe with a gun.
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Princessdragon
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09:49 AM on 05/15/2012
true
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12:38 PM on 05/15/2012
I am.....
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Princessdragon
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04:46 PM on 05/15/2012
That is good to know, tragic story though
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