At 9:51 p.m. on Monday in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, a “suspect” vehicle was stopped after “tactical contact,” according to police.
After a chase across south London, an armed policeman shot and killed a man in his 20s. He died in the hospital
The Met Police said in a statement: “At 9.51 pm on Monday specialist firearms officers were in pursuit of a suspect vehicle in the Lambeth area.”
Officers used a tactic where they deliberately collide with a car to force it to stop to bring the pursuit to an end in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, shortly before 10 pm on Monday.
Locals reported hearing gunshots and the police helicopter hovering overhead.
A 39-year-old man, who lives on nearby New Park Road and asked not to be named, told the PA news agency: “The (driver) drove up New Park Road and turned up Kirkstall Gardens.
“Another police car came in behind him and they had him locked in at the bottom of Kirkstall Gardens.
“The car was immobile when he was shot.”
Officers gave the man first aid while they waited for the London Ambulance Service and air ambulance to arrive.
He was then taken to hospital where he died at 12.16 am.
Rachel Cook, who lives on nearby Kirkstall Road, said it was a “very quiet residential street” and that people were “very shook up about it”.
Cordons were in place on Kirkstall Gardens and New Park Road on Tuesday, with a forensic tent put up and officers gathering evidence at the scene.
Friends of the deceased have also gathered in Kirkstall Gardens, with a few groups of young men congregating on the street.
The statement said the Independent Office for Police Conduct has been contacted and an independent investigation launched.
The charity Inquest, which works with bereaved families, said on Twitter it was seeking to make contact with relatives of the man who died.