A local shop in Eltham, South East London, became the scene of a violent armed robbery on Sunday, December 10, resulting in the shop owner sustaining a head injury. The incident, which occurred at Shaw Bridge Local on Shawbrooke Road, prompted an immediate response from the Metropolitan Police" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="97437">Metropolitan Police, including firearms officers, after reports indicated the attacker was armed with a gun.
The police were called to the scene shortly before 11 am, where they found the victim, believed to be the shop owner, who had been assaulted by the suspect during the robbery. The assailant reportedly ‘pistol-whipped’ the victim and fled with cash from the shop. The victim was subsequently rushed to the hospital for treatment of the head injury.
