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Unarmed black man shot dead by Met Police during attempted prison break was ‘lawfully killed,’ inquiry concludes
But probe hears of a ‘catalogue of failures’ in planning and execution of police operation
Undated family handout photo of Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham in north London, who was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police marksman during a foiled prison break on December 11 2015 in Wood Green, north London
AN UNARMED black man who was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police officer was “lawfully killed,” an inquiry into his death has concluded.
Jermaine Baker, 28, a father of two, was killed during an attempt to free an inmate from a police vehicle near Wood Green Crown Court on December 11, 2015.
He was shot by a counter-terrorism specialist firearms officer referred to as W80, who had told the inquiry he believed Baker had been reaching for a firearm.
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