Croydon police shooting suspect named as 'gun seller' arrested in raid

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Croydon police shooting suspect named as 'gun seller' arrested in raid
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THE Croydon police station shooting suspect has been named as Louis De Zoysa. De Zoysa, 23, was the man held in a police station custody suite when one of five shots fired from a smuggled revolver …

Sources suggest the gun’s barrel may have been concealed in an intimate place inside his pants.Police searches are taking place at four locations - the custody suite, the site where he was arrested, and two addresses.in 2018 over alleged Islamist and right-wing views.

He added: "Everyone working on this investigation, from the forensic specialists to the local officers holding the cordons, does so with a heavy heart but a determination to find justice for our colleague and his family." Sgt Ratana was a veteran officer originally from Palmerston North in New Zealand, he travelled to the UK to start a new life in 1989.He had told colleagues he intended to quit as early as next year, and posted of his excitement at the prospect of “a long healthy life”.

Detective Constable Michael Swindells, 44, died after he was knifed in the stomach as he and colleagues conducted a search in Birmingham in May 2004. PC Gary Toms, 37, was critically injured confronting suspects in Leyton, east London, on April 11 2009. He died six days later when his life support machine was switched off, 25 years to the day after PC Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London while controlling a crowd of demonstrators.

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