UK police officer shot on duty: Scotland Yard – News

Police officers gather outside the detention center where a British police officer was shot dead in Croydon, south London, Britain, on Friday.

A British police officer was shot dead in the early hours of Friday morning, Scotland Yard said, the first officer killed by gunfire while on duty in more than eight years.
The Metropolitan Police have launched a murder investigation following the shooting of a 23-year-old man detained at Croydon Custody Center in south London at around 02:15 (0115 GMT).
The suspect was also taken to hospital with a gunshot wound and remains in a critical condition, the force said, but added that no police firearms were discharged during the incident.
Police have not said how the suspect was shot, although the Evening Standard newspaper said he shot himself.
British police are not routinely armed, although the force has tactical firearms units to respond quickly to incidents. Deaths in service are also rare.
“This is a truly shocking incident where one of our colleagues has lost his life in the most tragic of circumstances,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said.
“My heart goes out to his family, direct colleagues and friends.
“When a colleague dies in the line of duty, ripples of shock and sadness ripple through the Met and our communities. We will all mourn our colleague deeply.”
Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes were the last British police officers to be shot in the line of duty when they were shot dead in a gun and grenade attack in September 2012.
They were killed by drug dealer Dale Cregan while responding to a report of a burglary in Manchester, north-west England.
Since then, five other officers have been killed in the line of duty – four by vehicles while chasing suspects and one, Keith Palmer, who was stabbed during the 2017 terror attack on parliament.