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To: John Carragher who wrote (127026)	7/23/2005 12:17:10 PM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 793912

BBC NEWS: Shot man 'unconnected' to bombing A man shot dead by police as part of the inquiry into Thursday's attempted bomb attacks was unconnected to the incidents, police have confirmed. A Scotland Yard statement said the shooting was a "tragedy" which was regretted by the Metropolitan Police. The man was shot dead after police followed him from a south London flat to Stockwell Tube station on Friday. Two other men have been arrested and are being questioned after bombers targeted three Tube trains and a bus. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2005/07/23 16:09:32 GMT

To: John Carragher who wrote (127026)	7/23/2005 12:18:43 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

guy was down on the ground and he was shot five times in the head. something wrong with this one. i expect it is officers not trained with weapons like our police working with guns everyday. a man wearing a heavily padded coat in the middle of summer who runs away from officers into a mass transit system immediately after a bombing event is without question a potential suicide bomber, imo it would have been negligent not to take him down, not to so could have cause a maximum amount of casualties it takes a split second to detonate a bomb certainly it was regrettable, but the man who gave chase to the officers caused this event

To: John Carragher who wrote (127026)	7/23/2005 12:42:45 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 793912

bottom line over reaction by cops. I agree with the police on this one. The only sure way to keep him from setting off a bomb was to kill him. It had to be a head shot to keep from hitting any explosives. The number of shots is a normal reaction in this situation. It sounds out of line to us, but most police do discharge multiple shots when they shoot.