He is in a critical state and the police watchdog and the Met Police are investigating.
A man is in a critical condition after being Tasered by police and falling in the River Thames.
Police were called to reports of a man armed with a screwdriver and shouting on Chelsea Bridge Road, in Chelsea, just after 09:00 BST.The man is in a critical condition in hospital and an internal investigation has been launched by the Met Police. A Met spokesman said shooting the man with a Taser "did not enable the officers to safely detain him" and he "subsequently entered the river"."The man was rescued from the water by the RNLI and taken to hospital, where his condition has been assessed as critical."Meanwhile, the force's Directorate of Professional Standards is probing the circumstances and the Met has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct .
Det Ch Insp Rory Wilkinson said: "My thoughts are with this man, who is extremely unwell in hospital."I understand that there are always concerns about incidents in which people come to harm having been in contact with police. "All Met officers know that they are accountable for their actions, and a full investigation is under way to establish exactly what happened."
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