The Metropolitan Police has announced that a firearms officer, known as W80, will soon face a misconduct hearing for the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Jermaine Baker. The incident occurred during a failed prison breakout attempt near Wood Green Crown Court in North London in December 2015.
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Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, was shot by W80 as the police thwarted an attempt to free two prisoners, Izzet Eren and a co-defendant, from a van. The prisoners were being transported for sentencing on a firearms offence.
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