Man shot dead by armed police near Kensington Palace

The incident took place at the junction of Kensington Road and Palace Gate (Picture: UKNIP; Jamie Lorriman)

A man has been shot dead by armed police close to Kensington Palace.


Officers were called to reports of a gunman seen entering a bank and betting shop near Marloes Road in Kensignton shortly after 3pm on Saturday before leaving the area in a vehicle.


Police marksmen stopped a vehicle at the junction of Kensington Road and Palace Gate a short while later at 3.19pm.


Scotland Yard said ‘shots were fired and a man sustained gunshot wounds’.


Paramedics and an air ambulance were scrambled to the scene but he was declared dead less than an hour later at 4.08pm.


Efforts are under way to confirm the man’s identity and to inform his next of kin.




Police at the scene near Kensington High Street in London, where a man died after sustaining gunshot wounds in an incident involving armed officers close to Kensington Palace. Picture date: Saturday December 11, 2021. PA Photo. The Metropolitan Police said offices were called to reports of a man with a firearm seen to enter a bank and bookmakers in Marloes Road, west London, at 3.04pm on Saturday. See PA story POLICE Kensington. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

A man died after sustaining gunshot wounds in an incident involving armed officers (Picture: PA)


Police at the scene near Kensington High Street in London, where a man died after sustaining gunshot wounds in an incident involving armed officers close to Kensington Palace. Picture date: Saturday December 11, 2021. PA Photo. The Metropolitan Police said offices were called to reports of a man with a firearm seen to enter a bank and bookmakers in Marloes Road, west London, at 3.04pm on Saturday. See PA story POLICE Kensington. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Police at the scene near Kensington High Street in London (Picture: PA)


At 3.04pm on Saturday, 11 December police were called to reports of a man with a firearm seen to enter a bank and bookmakers in Marloes Road, W8. The man was then seen to get into a vehicle and leave the area. At 3.19pm armed officers stopped a vehicle at the junction of Kensington Road and Palace Gate, SW7. Shots were fired and a man sustained gunshot wounds. The London Ambulance Service and London Air Ambulance were called and the man was treated at the scene. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, he was pronounced dead at 4.08pm Efforts are under way to confirm the man???s identity and to inform his next of kin. The Met???s Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed and the incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. A number of road closures are in place in the local area and are likely to remain in place for some time. The public are advised to avoid the area. The incident is not being treated as terrorism.

Several nearby roads remain closed and people are advised to avoid the area (Picture: UkNewsinPictures)


Man shot dead by armed police near Kensington Palace

Map showing the location of the incident

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed and the incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.


Several nearby roads remain closed and people are advised to avoid the area.


The Metropolitan Police said the incident is not being treated as terrorism.


A number of police cordons have been put in place along Kensington High Street, and police officers are keeping guard at the largest cordon between a Starbucks and a building named Broadwalk House.




At 3.04pm on Saturday, 11 December police were called to reports of a man with a firearm seen to enter a bank and bookmakers in Marloes Road, W8. The man was then seen to get into a vehicle and leave the area. At 3.19pm armed officers stopped a vehicle at the junction of Kensington Road and Palace Gate, SW7. Shots were fired and a man sustained gunshot wounds. The London Ambulance Service and London Air Ambulance were called and the man was treated at the scene. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, he was pronounced dead at 4.08pm Efforts are under way to confirm the man???s identity and to inform his next of kin. The Met???s Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed and the incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. A number of road closures are in place in the local area and are likely to remain in place for some time. The public are advised to avoid the area. The incident is not being treated as terrorism.

Several nearby roads remain closed (Picture: UkNewsinPictures)

Around 10 police vehicles are in place around the cordon. A tent has been at erected in the middle of a cordon in Kensington High Street.


It has been placed next to a black car and is surrounded by one unmarked police car and three patrol vehicles.


Members of the public are being diverted away from the cordon through Kensington Gardens.


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