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Article: Brixton gunman shot dead by police.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2001
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Byline: STEPHEN WRIGHT;JAMES MILLS
AN armed man was shot dead by police in South London yesterday.
The victim, who was black, had threatened a hostage with a handgun, Scotland Yard said.
Last night police appealed for calm on the estate in Brixton, where the shooting took place.
They fear race campaigners might attempt to turn the incident into a cause celebre.
The shooting came four days after a sword-wielding schizophrenic was shot dead by officers on Merseyside.
A Yard spokesman said officers were called to a block of flats after receiving reports of a man in possession of 'a silver handgun'.