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On arrival of armed police, he shot at them. After a lengthy standoff, he was shot by police when he pointed his firearm in their direction. [106] Dayniel Tucker [107] 29 December 2007 Stansted, England Kent Police: Shot after pointing a replica Uzi sub-machine gun at police. [107] Ann Sanderson [108] 11 June 2007 Sevenoaks, England Kent Police
According to an October 2005 article in The Independent, in the preceding 12 years, 30 people had been shot dead by police. [45] Many police shootings in the UK were carried out by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) during the Troubles in Northern Ireland (1960s–1990s). During the conflict, RUC officers killed 56 people in shooting incidents ...
Today crime figures are made available nationally at Local Authority [11] and Ward level. [12] The Metropolitan Police have made detailed crime figures, broken down by category at borough and ward level, available on their website since 2000. [13] Many websites and applications took advantage of this data to build crime maps of London's ...
A man shot four police officers, two fatally, in West Ham. He fatally shot himself later that day as police enclosed on his location. [69] 1 January 1960: Sheffield, England 3 2 5: East House mass shooting: A man opened fire in a pub, killing three people and wounding two before being arrested. [70]
In 2018, Sky News initiated a freedom of information request to every police force in the country. The statistics showed that black people were over-represented as victims of homicide and in homicide convictions in London, with 48% of murder suspects being black, compared to 13% of the population. [76]
A man was shot and killed by a police officer Sunday morning in Rochester. Police said officers responded to Murray Street around 8:30 a.m. for reports of a man with a gun.
Edinburgh City Police: 16 July 1940: Shot [69] Stephen Andrew Tibble: PC: 21: Metropolitan Police: 26 February 1975: Shot while assisting colleague when off-duty [70] [i] Gary Toms: PC: 37: Metropolitan Police: 11 April 2009: Thrown from police vehicle during pursuit [9] Charles Tucker: Sergeant: 46: City of London Police: 16 December 1910 ...
"Other" lists killings while in judicial custody. Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally.