Armed officers were sent to the scene of a “serious incident” where a police firearm was discharged and a man was shot.

Scotland Yard said police received multiple 999 reports of a man with a firearm in Creek Road, Greenwich, at 2.31pm on Friday.

Police said firearms officers attended the scene and the man was located.

A police firearm was discharged and the man sustained a gunshot injury.

Police said there does not appear to be an ongoing threat to the wider public and no other injuries have been reported.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "At 14:31hrs on Friday, August 5, police received multiple 999 reports of a man with a firearm in Creek Road.

"Firearms officers attended the scene. The man was located. A police firearm was discharged and the man sustained a gunshot injury.

"London Ambulance Service and the Air Ambulance also attended.

"He was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. We await an update on his condition.

"No other injuries have been reported."

"The investigation is in its early stages.

"At present, there does not appear to be an ongoing threat to the wider public."

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 2:42pm today (5 August) to reports of a shooting in Creek Road, Greenwich.

“We sent a number of resources including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, a motorcycle paramedic, a medic in a fast response car and an incident response officer, and we also dispatched medics from London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated a man at the scene and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre.”

A London’s Air Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “Our advanced trauma team was dispatched via aircraft by London Ambulance Service at 1447 today to reports of a shooting in the Greenwich area.

“After treatment on scene the patient was transferred by road to a major trauma hospital accompanied by London’s Air Ambulance.”

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