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SlowwHand
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of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:37
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Below is from Brit news site
http://headlines.virgin.net/story/H...411122130585A00
What I want to say is this.
These police saw a man exit a suspected terrorist house, saw him run when asked to stop, and then try to board a train.
Before anyone here makes an ass of themself, it is a tragedy, and a tragedy on his part.
He having a gun, was not the fear.
The fear was of something that would never be seen.
Shot man not linked to attacks
The man shot dead by police in a south London Tube train is not connected to attempted terror attacks on the capital, said Scotland Yard.
"For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets," said a spokesman.
The fatal shooting happened in Stockwell at 10am on Friday when armed plain clothes police officers shot a man as he tried to board a train at the underground station.
He had emerged from a nearby house that was under surveillance because of a suspected link to Thursday's attempted bomb attacks on three Tube trains and a bus.
The man, whose name has not yet been released, was then followed by surveillance officers to Stockwell Tube station where he was challenged by officers, who told him to stop.
The man, who is believed to be of South American appearance, then bolted down an escalator.
He apparently tried to get on a train before he was, according to witnesses, shot five times in the head by an officer with an automatic pistol.
Scotland Yard said: "The man emerged from a block of flats in the Stockwell area that were under police surveillance as part of the investigation into the incidents on Thursday.
"He was then followed by surveillance officers to the underground station. His clothing and behaviour added to their suspicions."
The police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), has already announced that there will be an independent investigation into the shooting.
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