The cordons remain in place at the scene of the shooting
A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by police in south-east London.
Firearms officers responded to several 999 reports of a man with a firearm in Creek Road, Greenwich, at around 10am. 14:30 BST. The man’s injuries are not life-threatening, the police say.
An eyewitness described seeing a man with an object that “looked like a semi-automatic 9mm or Glock-style pistol”.
There is no ongoing threat to the wider public, the Met Police said.
The incident is not believed to be terror-related.
‘Duct tape around his hand’
A London Ambulance Service (LAS) spokesman said the man was taken as a priority to a major trauma centre.
No other injuries have been reported. Barriers and road closures are in place.
Police have cordoned off both sides of the Creek Road river crossing
Eyewitness Clare Thomas told the BBC she was sitting in a car stuck in traffic when she saw a man with what looked like a gun.
Ms Thomas said: “He had duct tape around his hand and the gun was in his left hand. It looked like a semi-automatic 9mm or Glock-style gun.
“I would say he was in his 30s to 40s. He was wearing a red top.”
Gemma Daly, 31, said she heard some shouting and then “a big bang”, which she thought was a gunshot.
‘Removed his clothing’
“Police attended to a man on the side of the bridge,” she said, adding that he was “clearly injured”.
“They removed his clothes,” she said, describing how “many people” worked on the man before he was placed on a stretcher.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had launched an investigation into the shooting.
“Our investigators have been dispatched to the scene and procedures following the incident to begin gathering evidence,” added an IOPC spokesman.
Transport for London said a number of bus routes had been diverted while the road was closed.
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