So it seems that it was the Defence Secretary's Close Protection Officer who shot

[Burney]

There may have been other armed officers there but reacted most quickly?

I want to know how many rounds hit him

Three were fired, but even if all three hit the torso, there's every chance of surviving that (for a bit at least) if they were only 9mm handgun rounds.
Not like the good old days in Gibraltar when they shot each of them about 15 times.

[Rich]

Three were fired, but even if all three hit the torso, there's every chance of surviving that (for a bit at least) if they were only 9mm handgun rounds.
Not like the good old days in Gibraltar when they shot each of them about 15 times.

Were they not plain clothes officers that fired on him? If what you've said above is true then there are some very serious questions that need answering.

[Burney]

Were they not plain clothes officers that fired on him? If what you've said above is true then there are some very serious questions that need answering.

Yes. Which would tend to support the suggestion it was a CPO rather than your standard armed copper.

[Sir C]

Yes. Which would tend to support the suggestion it was a CPO rather than your standard armed copper.

I've got a hairdo this afternoon. I'm going to get caught up in Sadiq's Trafalgar Square mawkfest.

[Burney]

I've got a hairdo this afternoon. I'm going to get caught up in Sadiq's Trafalgar Square mawkfest.

Ugh. Just make sure you're being suitably defiant in getting your haircut. The terrorists can never win while you fearlessly get your barnet bouffed.

[Sir C]

Ugh. Just make sure you're being suitably defiant in getting your haircut. The terrorists can never win while you fearlessly get your barnet bouffed.

Fear not. Ross and I are going to stand strong against ISIS, armed with a pair of scissors and a hair dryer. But a salon strength hairdryer, mark you. They blow quite the heat gale.

I'm considering a more age-appropriate do.

[Burney]

Fear not. Ross and I are going to stand strong against ISIS, armed with a pair of scissors and a hair dryer. But a salon strength hairdryer, mark you. They blow quite the heat gale.

I'm considering a more age-appropriate do.

You mean....? Close cropped?

[Pokster]

Were they not plain clothes officers that fired on him? If what you've said above is true then there are some very serious questions that need answering.

The only reason the gate was open was because he was about to leave the premises, so the fact it was his officers that fired means nothing, they were the closest so the most likely to react first.