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| Greenwich shooting: Man airlifted to hospital after armed police incident | Greenwich shooting: Man airlifted to hospital after armed police incident |
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| Significant cordons remain in place at the scene of the shooting | Significant cordons remain in place at the scene of the shooting |
| A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by police in south-east London. | A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by police in south-east London. |
| Firearms officers responded to multiple 999 reports of a man with a firearm in Creek Road, Greenwich at 14:31 BST on Friday. | Firearms officers responded to multiple 999 reports of a man with a firearm in Creek Road, Greenwich at 14:31 BST on Friday. |
| An eyewitness described seeing a man with an item that "looked like a semi-automatic 9mm or Glock-style gun". | |
| There is no ongoing threat to the wider public, the Met Police said. The man's condition is not known. | |
| The man was treated by air ambulance staff before being taken to hospital. No other injuries have been reported. | |
| Significant cordons and road closures are in place. | Significant cordons and road closures are in place. |
| Police have cordoned off both sides of the Creek Road river crossing | |
| Eyewitness Clare Thomas told the BBC she was in a car stuck in traffic when she saw a man with what looked like a handgun. | |
| Ms Thomas said: "He had duct tape around his hand and the gun was in his left hand. It looked like a semi-automatic 9mm or Glock-style gun. | |
| "I'd say he was in his 30's to 40's. He was wearing a red top." |