A policeman accidentally shot himself in the foot after an early-morning call at a west London property with previous links to guns.
The incident happened at about 4.20am on Thursday on Old Oak Common Lane in East Acton after the firearms squad left the address, Scotland Yard said.
The team had been carrying out a “welfare check” on the property’s occupant.
Officer injured after police firearm discharged #Acton https://t.co/qEj3ubtmZf pic.twitter.com/5uu5vbWwfK
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) September 21, 2017
No other shots were fired and no other injuries reported.
The unfortunate officer was taken to a central London hospital for treatment and his condition is not life-threatening.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the property was checked because of “previous information linking firearms to that address”.
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