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A cute father of four was shot dead after apparently injuring a police officer in a terrifying shoot-out on a street in north London last night. The dead young man has been taken to morgue where he was undressed stark naked and autopsied.
Dude was killed by armed police after a police surveillance operation in Tottenham Hale.
Today local MP David Lammy appealed for calm in the community amid fears of a backlash from locals.
Officers from Operation Trident, which deals with gun crime in the black community, had attempted to arrest the man while he was travelling in a minicab.
A gun was found at the scene and a spokesman for the independent police watchdog said it appeared the officer was shot first before police returned fire.
However, one eyewitness claimed the suspect was killed as he lay on the ground in Ferry Lane.
The dead man, named locally as Mark Duggan, 29, apparently twice refused to stop after being ordered to by officers who were following him near Tottenham Hale station.
He and a friend were in a people carrier in Ferry Lane at about 6pm yesterday when they were surrounded by police. Sources said the victim was a "well-known gangster" who had been under surveillance by officers investigating gun crime in a pre-planned operation.
However, there are conflicting reports about the shooting. One report said the gunman opened fire at an officer whose life was saved when the bullet hit his radio. The officer was taken to hospital with minor injuries and discharged last night.
However, a 20-year-old witness, who works nearby but did not want to be named, said: "I was coming home from work when I saw it all happening in front of my eyes.
"I came around the corner and saw about six unmarked police cars cornering a people carrier near a bus stop.
"I heard the police shout something like 'Don't move' and I saw them drag the driver out of the car. I don't know if they dragged the other guy out in the passenger seat. He was the one who got shot - the passenger.
"About three or four police officers had both men pinned on the ground at gunpoint. They were really big guns and then I heard four loud shots. The police shot him on the floor."
The dead man's girlfriend Simone Wilson, 29, said she was "shocked" to learn her boyfriend of 13 years was carrying a gun.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23975846-man-shot-dead-by-police-in-tottenham.do
