Police officer shot and wounded in Haggerston
Photograph: © Ray Forster (Creative Commons)
A police officer was rushed to hospital this afternoon after being shot in Haggerston during an operation by the Met’s Trident gang crime unit.
The officer was injured during an “authorised firearms operation” on Scriven Street, according to police.
The male police officer was taken to an east London hospital for treatment after the shooting, where his condition is reportedly stable.
One man was arrested at the scene.
A police statement said: “At around 12:45 Thursday, 15 October an authorised firearms operation by officers from the Met’s Specialist Firearms Command (SCO19) and Trident Area Crime Command was taking place in Scriven Street, when a firearm was discharged.”
“A male police officer has been taken to an east London hospital suffering a gunshot wound.
“There are no reports of any other injured persons at this time.”
Nowhere has it been mentioned this took place at lunchtime around the corner from Bridge school- my daughter was out at lunch in the same street as the shooting minutes before it happened. If it was a planned operation could the police plan to carry it out at a time when children are not around? This could have been a huge tragedy.