Officer Shot in East London Anti-Gang Operation

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Scotland Yard has reported that a police officer was shot during an anti-gang operation in east London but he is stable condition now though still in hospital. The officer was shot at while the Met’s specialist firearms unit SCO19 executed an operation at 12.45pm in Scriven Street, Hackney. Moreover, a suspect was also arrested from the scene when police raided a terrace house in Phoenix Close.

The injured officer was taken to hospital by air ambulance. According to the London ambulance service spokesman, “we were called to a police incident near Haggerston Road in Haggerston” so “we sent a number of resources to the scene including an incident officer and London’s air ambulance. We treated one patient who was taken as a priority to hospital by air.”

One of the residents from Loanda Close, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, explained that the shooter clambered across rooftops away from police. He explained that “I was in my living room watching TV when I saw a load of armed officers outside my house,” adding that “a black man appeared in the window opposite. They ordered him to remain inside but he threw something out the window.” He added that “the next thing I know I see him running over the rooftops. I then heard a loud bang. A single bang coming from Scriven Street.” He elucidated “I now know an officer was shot and it was gang crime related. It’s left me feeling really frightened.”