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| Officer hurt in street shooting | |
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| A police officer has been injured in a shooting incident in a busy shopping area in London. | |
| Armed officers were called to The Cut, between Waterloo East and Southwark stations, shortly after 1500 BST. | |
| Acting Ch Insp Malcolm Noone said officers asked a man on a bicycle to stop. But as they approached him he ran on to Blackfriars Road. | Acting Ch Insp Malcolm Noone said officers asked a man on a bicycle to stop. But as they approached him he ran on to Blackfriars Road. |
| As two officers gave chase they were fired upon more than once and the man fled from the scene. | As two officers gave chase they were fired upon more than once and the man fled from the scene. |
| Witnesses 'shocked' | |
| No-one has been arrested and the weapon used in the incident has not been recovered. | No-one has been arrested and the weapon used in the incident has not been recovered. |
| One officer sustained a minor injury to his thigh, but police have been unable to confirm whether it was a bullet wound. | One officer sustained a minor injury to his thigh, but police have been unable to confirm whether it was a bullet wound. |
| The second officer was treated for shock. Both were taken to hospital. | The second officer was treated for shock. Both were taken to hospital. |
| Police said the suspect, described as a mixed-race man, abandoned his cycle in the Hatfields area, before running towards Isabella Street and on to Blackfriars Road, where he fired at the officers. | |
| Describing the incident Mr Noone said: "Officers from Kennington police station stopped to speak to a male on a pedal cycle on Cons Street. | |
| We saw the man run past followed by two policemen and we were laughing at it, singing the theme to The Bill Jill Cartwright, witness | We saw the man run past followed by two policemen and we were laughing at it, singing the theme to The Bill Jill Cartwright, witness |
| "As the officers approached this male, he dumped the pedal cycle and ran off into Blackfriars Road. | |
| "As the officers ran into Blackfriars Road they were fired upon and the man ran off." | |
| He added: "There is an ongoing investigation into the full circumstances and to locate this individual." | |
| Jill Cartwright, 35, a yoga teacher from Putney, south-west London, was eating with four friends at the Thai Silk restaurant in Isabella Street when the gunman came past, followed by two officers. | Jill Cartwright, 35, a yoga teacher from Putney, south-west London, was eating with four friends at the Thai Silk restaurant in Isabella Street when the gunman came past, followed by two officers. |
| She said: "We saw the man run past followed by two policemen and we were laughing at it, singing the theme to The Bill. | She said: "We saw the man run past followed by two policemen and we were laughing at it, singing the theme to The Bill. |
| "He didn't even look to be running very fast, but then he turned around and he fired. | "He didn't even look to be running very fast, but then he turned around and he fired. |
| "He was running as he turned and shot. It didn't sound like a real gun, it sounded something like a starter gun, but it shocked us." | "He was running as he turned and shot. It didn't sound like a real gun, it sounded something like a starter gun, but it shocked us." |
| Sideways 'leap' | Sideways 'leap' |
| Daniel Bradley, 26, an editor from Surrey Quays, south-east London, also witnessed the incident. | Daniel Bradley, 26, an editor from Surrey Quays, south-east London, also witnessed the incident. |
| He said: "One of the cops said 'Shots fired, shots fired'. He was on the radio. | He said: "One of the cops said 'Shots fired, shots fired'. He was on the radio. |
| "The policemen hastily ducked around the corner. I saw them leap sideways and around the side of a wall. | "The policemen hastily ducked around the corner. I saw them leap sideways and around the side of a wall. |
| "It didn't feel scary exactly, just more surreal," he said. | "It didn't feel scary exactly, just more surreal," he said. |
| Blackfriars Road has been shut between Southwark Street and St George's Circus because of the incident and a number of buses in the area have been diverted. | Blackfriars Road has been shut between Southwark Street and St George's Circus because of the incident and a number of buses in the area have been diverted. |
| Southwark tube station remains open, Transport for London said. | |
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| Armed officers from a specialist unit were called to the busy shopping area | Armed officers from a specialist unit were called to the busy shopping area |