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22/10/2015
Cambridgeshire Police Shooting Referred To IPCC
An investigation has been launched into the death of a man involving a firearms officer in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
Police were called at about 19:45 on Wednesday 21 October to reports of concern for people in a property in Duck Lane, St Neots.
Officers attended the scene and at just after 8pm a man was shot by a firearms officer. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
There are no reports of other injuries.
The shooting has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and an investigation is underway.
(MH/CD)
Police were called at about 19:45 on Wednesday 21 October to reports of concern for people in a property in Duck Lane, St Neots.
Officers attended the scene and at just after 8pm a man was shot by a firearms officer. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
There are no reports of other injuries.
The shooting has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and an investigation is underway.
(MH/CD)
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