Police Shoot Man in Brighton

by **Janey** Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:30 am

Firearms shooting in Brighton - armed police have opened fire during a lunchtime operation in Brighton, Southern England. One casualty receiving hospital treatment

by **Janey** Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:35 am

unconfirmed but reports that the man has died of his wounds in the Royal Sussex Hospital in the last couple of minutes

by **Janey** Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:37 am

Witnesses said the shooting happened in Rock Place at about 1pm today.

An area of the seafront near Lower Rock Gardens has been cordoned off and officers from around the city called in for the operation.

Sussex Police confirmed a person had been shot and taken to hospital. The force issued a statement saying: "Police are attending an incident in the Kemp Town area of Brighton. Armed officers were deployed to the scene around lunchtime as part of a pre-planned operation."

- Brighton News

by **cab123** Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:44 am

Janey I know the police in the UK do'nt carry guns,when/who decides to arm them or is a special team brought in?

by **Janey** Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:52 am

cab123 wrote:Janey I know the police in the UK do'nt carry guns,when/who decides to arm them or is a special team brought in?

quite right yes, there are specialist firearms response units that are available for operations where it is deemed there is a firearms risk, or to respond to emergency firearms incidents as they happen

by **Lime Flavoured** Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:09 am

It'll be interesting to see what kind of thing this turns out to be. The police said it was a pre-planned operation, which sounds like either a drug bust or an anti-terror op.

I'm fairly sure that the police would rather not shoot someone (especially after various incidents in the past).

by **Strawberry** Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:46 pm

Very rare event in the UK. I will go look now to see if there are any other news peices to follow this up

by **Lime Flavoured** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:24 am

Strawberry wrote:Very rare event in the UK. I will go look now to see if there are any other news peices to follow this up

Yeah, it happens maybe a few times a year.

Apparently he was wanted in connection with some armed robberies:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-12419295

BBC News wrote:A man has died in hospital after being shot by police in the centre of Brighton.

Sussex Police said the shooting happened just after 1300 GMT in Rock Place.

The officers were on a pre-planned operation to find a man wanted in connection with a number of recent armed robberies, the force said.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said what appeared to be a black handgun had been recovered.

An IPCC spokeswoman said: "This will now be examined to establish whether it is real or an imitation weapon and whether it had been fired."

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