Police shoot London hostage gunman

Title

Police shoot London hostage gunman

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

2 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

John Alcock reports on an incident in the West End of London when a gunman seized a man and held him hostage in the street. The gunman was identified as Metal Mickey of no fixed abode. Includes police announcements; interview with eyewitnesses, Edmund Hall and Jane Chandler; Stuart Goodwin, Metropolitan Police; Mickey’s friend appealing through a megaphone for him to give himself up.

Contributors

John Alcock; Edmund Hall; Jane Chandler; Stuart Goodwin

Keywords

London; Crime; Police; Policing practice; Weapons; Hostages; Guns; Firearms; Abduction; Metal Mickey

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