Shots fired on forest hill road

[Barred]

Walking to my local shop, heard an argument then 2 shots...

Within seconds blue lights everywhere. Madness

[lilolil]

What time?

[Barred]

Just after 10pm tonight. Just by piedmont green, looked like it was the police who made the shots.

[motorbird83]

Was anyone hurt?

[Barred]

I have no idea, hoping that someone else would know. Can't believe I am the only one who witnessed this!?

[motorbird83]

I was right there at 9:30 this evening on my way back from the Sea Cow. Hopefully, it hasn't ended in any kind of tragedy. It's very upsetting...

[Glutenberg]

What did you see that makes you think it was the police who fired the shots?

[Barred]

The car was surrounded with a lot of shouting then there was 2 loud bangs I did not see who fired the shots or thinking about it this morning if they were shots but at the time to me and other people outside the hern they sounded like it.

[Glutenberg]

So within the space of 24 minutes you went from saying 'shots were fired' to you're not sure if they were shots?!

Wow.

[Barred]

Different day you plonker

[spanglysteve]

So is there any further info as to what this was? I love just around the corner and this concerns me.

[maxxi]

Then stop loving around the corner.

[Mrs Y]

We may never know who fired the shots, but within a few seconds the police had it under contol and were just going about getting all the evidence they needed. No ambulances were at the scene and at least 3 suspect were taken away after being throughly searched.

[p_glover]

tyres shot out maybe?

[Salsaboy]

Never happens, too much chance of a ricochet.

p_glover Wrote:

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> tyres shot out maybe?

[northlondoner]

So were there shots or not?

[pablogrande]

false alarm, New policy is that the Met now pull over people who are driving well and set off party poppers

[motorbird83]

Someone should just call the police and find out what happened. My guess is nothing of consequence otherwise it would be in the press.

[Girl82]

I agree with motorbird83. Plus if there were shots fired, surely the area would have been cordoned off with police tape? I walked past there the next morning and there was nothing.

[Backyard11]

motorbird83 Wrote:

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> Someone should just call the police and find out

> what happened. My guess is nothing of consequence

> otherwise it would be in the press.

Why waste police time - clearly nothing of importance has happened.

[kabekay]

I walked past shortly after the event, having been booted off the bus, and it was still cordoned off. A policeman very very politely asked us to walk around Piedmont Green rather than through the crime scene, and said that shots had been fired.

I can't imagine anyone was hurt, as the road reopened five or ten minutes later.

[motorbird83]

more just to confirm that this was the case as it's potentially something quite serious. Confirmation that shots were fired means I will call the police-- non-emergency line. I'm at work but will follow up this evening or tomorrow.

[Girl82]

kabekay Wrote:

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> I walked past shortly after the event, having been

> booted off the bus, and it was still cordoned off.

> A policeman very very politely asked us to walk

> around Piedmont Green rather than through the

> crime scene, and said that shots had been fired.

> I can't imagine anyone was hurt, as the road

> reopened five or ten minutes later.

Oh dear, so there definitely were some gun shots fired then :(

[Penguin68]

There were bangs which were assumed at the time to be gun shots - quite possibly a starting pistol - the fact that there has been so little in the news etc. suggests that this may not have been live ammuninition - when that is used the police tend to cordon off for some considerable time afterwards for forensics etc.

[PeckhamRose]

Well you could all turn up to the Police Ward Panel next THURSDAY 23rd February 7pm FOREST HILL BAPTIST CHURCH corner of FOREST HILL ROAD and MUNDANIA Rd, and ask the police about it. All welcome.