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West London 'knifeman' shot and wounded | West London 'knifeman' shot and wounded |
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A 28-year-old man thought to have a knife was shot and wounded by police on a London street after repeated attempts to incapacitate him with a Taser. | |
The Metropolitan Police said a Taser stun gun was used after officers went to a disturbance in Queen's Park, west London, in the early hours. | |
The man ran from Claremont Road to Kilburn Lane. The Taser was used again before he was shot in Oliphant Street. | |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating. |
The man was taken to hospital, where his condition is described as stable. Nobody else was injured. | |
Two knives were found at the scene. | |
'Single shot' | |
"There is evidence at this early stage to indicate a single shot was fired by a police officer," said the IPCC in a statement. | |
"There is also evidence that Taser was used a number of times during the incident." | |
The IPCC will carry out house-to-house inquiries and use CCTV to investigate. | |
IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said: "It's essential when the police use potentially lethal force that there is a thorough and independent examination of that decision. | |
"I would like to assure all those concerned that we will investigate all of the circumstances surrounding this incident." |