Man in hospital after being shot by police in London
Officers were called to reports of a man with a firearm in Greenwich on Friday afternoon (August 05)
A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by police in south-east London.
Officers were responding to several calls about a man with a firearm in Greenwich on Friday afternoon (August 05).
A police firearm was discharged and the man sustained a gunshot injury, the Met said.
There does not appear to be an ongoing threat to the wider public and no other injuries have been reported.
Greenwich MPS tweeted: "We are responding to a serious incident in #Greenwich.
"Armed officers are on the scene.
"We will provide further updates when we can."
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We sent a number of resources including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, a motorcycle paramedic, a medic in a fast response car and an incident response officer, and we also dispatched medics from London's Air Ambulance.
"We treated a man at the scene and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre."
A spokesperson for London's Air Ambulance said: "Our advanced trauma team was dispatched via aircraft by London Ambulance Service at 1447 today to reports of a shooting in the Greenwich area.
"After treatment on scene the patient was transferred by road to a major trauma hospital accompanied by London's Air Ambulance."
Police said the Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.