Police shootings in the UK – how many have there been in 2017 and how many were fatal?
Five people have been shot dead by cops in 2017 - four in terrorist incidents
FIREARMS cops attend thousands of incidents each year but it's rare for officers to open fire with no more than six people killed in any year since records began.
So far in 2017 there have been five fatal shootings in England and Wales - here's why.
How many shootings have their been in the UK this year?
In the first seven months of 2017 there have been eight shootings by police in England and Wales of which five have been fatal.
In the 12 months to April 2017 six people were killed - two of which were shot in 2017.
This was the highest number of fatal police shootings since records began in 2004.
The six people included in the 2016/2017 figures was Westminster Bridge terrorist Khalid Masood.
The 12 months to April 2016 saw cops discharge their weapons just seven times, with three people killed.
Dame Anne Owers, Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, said: “While the number of fatal police shootings has risen this year, this is in the context of many thousands of authorised firearms operations - 14,700 in 2015/16.
"The deaths happened across six forces, and one was terrorism-related. It is important that each incident is thoroughly and independently investigated, to provide public reassurance.
"Investigations into three of the 2016/17 incidents are complete and, as in the great majority of firearms investigations, we have found no indication of misconduct by any firearms officer."
How many of the police shootings in 2017 have been fatal?
There have been five fatal police shootings so far in 2017, four of which were terrorism related.
- On January 2, in the only non-terror related fatal shooting, Yassar Yaqub was shot by police at Junction 24 of the M62, after they received a tip-off that he was carrying a gun in the silver Audi he was a passenger in.
- On March 22 cops shot dead Khalid Masood, 52, outside parliament after he ploughed a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and fatally stabbed police officer Keith Palmer. Masood was responsible for five deaths including PC Palmer.
- On June 3 cops shot dead three terrorists in Borough Market following the London Bridge attack. The shooting that saw an "unprecedented" number of rounds fired by officers. Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba, who wore fake suicide vests, were gunned down after ploughing a van into pedestrians and going on a knife rampage. Eight innocent people were killed in the terror attack.
How many people have been non-fatally wounded in police shootings in 2017?
Three people have been shot and wounded by police in 2017.
- On April 27 a woman in her 20s was shot as anti-terror cops raided a house in Willesden, North London. The woman, who was one of the subjects of the investigation, suffered serious injuries.
- On June 3 a bystander was shot in the hail of bullets fired by cops at the three terrorists behind the London Bridge attack. The bystander was not critically injured.
- On July 27 a man was taken to hospital with gunshot injuries after being shot by an armed cop in Birmingham. A second man was arrested at the scene of the shooting on suspicion of firearms offences.
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