An incident which is not considered terrorist.
An armed man was shot dead in a confrontation with police this Saturday in London, Metropolitan Police said.
She said she was told around 3 p.m. that a man with a gun was seen entering a bank and betting houses in Marloes Road, west London before getting into a vehicle and driving off. leave the premises.
"At 3:19 pm, armed officers stopped a vehicle at the junction of Kensington Road and Palace Gate", not far from Kensington Palace, where Prince William and his family reside, police said.
"Shots were fired and a man was shot and wounded," the "Met" continued in a statement.
Despite the intervention of the emergency services who treated him on the spot, the man was declared dead shortly after 4 p.m.
The incident is "not treated as terrorism", according to the police.
He was reported to the Met's Professional Standards Branch who reported it to the police.
Police explained on Saturday evening that the identity of the victim was not yet established.
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