The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has released its findings following an investigation into the fatal shooting of Hassan Yahya by police officers in Westminster in March 2020. The inquiry concluded that the officer’s use of london-ambulance-service-forced-to-declare-business-continuity-incident-this-evening-with-500-calls-waiting-and-no-ambulance-available/" title="UPDATED: London Ambulance Service forced to declare ‘business continuity incident’ this evening with 500 calls waiting and no ambulance available" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpil-monitor-id="19347">force was appropriate given the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The investigation, which concluded in September 2021, was prompted by an inquest into Mr Yahya’s death, which returned a verdict that he was lawfully killed.
