Overview
- Family members called 999 around 10:00 reporting a man inside a Stow Crescent home with a gun who was threatening to harm himself and to kill.
- Trained negotiators remained at the scene for hours before officers forced entry at about 14:00 after a bang was heard and discharged their weapons.
- The Metropolitan Police now assess the man's condition as non-life-threatening but life-changing, and he remains in hospital.
- Officers found what they believed to be a firearm inside the property, and cordons remain in place with no wider threat to the public.
- The Met referred the incident to its Directorate of Professional Standards, and the IOPC declared an independent investigation at 16:13 and began gathering evidence.