An image taken from the scene shows a police cordon wrapped around the HSBC branch.
Armed police have descended on a high street and placed it under lockdown following an incident at an HSBC.
Witnesses have taken to X to share further details about the scene. One said: "Lewisham is crazy right now. Police are locked off the road and they have guns etc", while another referred to a "stand-off" involving armed officers. The nature of the incident is unknown at this stage. The force later wrote on X: "We are aware of social media reports about an incident in Lewisham High Street. Officers are currently in attendance at a residential address at the location speaking to a man inside the property."
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