Sevenoaks, Kent fatal shooting
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to use its own investigators to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting by police of a 37-year-old woman in Sevenoaks this morning (11 June.)
At approximately 1.20 a.m., Kent Police were called to reports of a woman seen with a firearm in the vicinity of Sevenoaks High Street.
Armed officers attended the location and a police firearm was discharged.
First aid was given at the scene. An ambulance was called but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. A firearm has been recovered.
The woman has not yet been formally identified.
HM Coroner has been informed.
IPCC Commissioner Nicola Williams said: "I send my sympathies to the woman's family and friends and also the police officers concerned. Whenever there is a fatal shooting by police our independent investigators go to the incident immediately."
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Map highlighting Sevenoaks, England.
A woman, reported to be an expert in martial arts, has been shot dead by police in a car park behind ''M&Co'', a women's clothing shop in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. According to reports, the woman pulled a gun on police who then shot her.

"I can confirm that in the early hours of this morning Kent Police fatally shot a person. This has been referred to the IPCC which has a team of investigators now at the scene," said a spokesman for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

A bus station in Sevenoaks was shut down and closed off to the public while police investigated the incident. A tent was placed over the crime scene to ensure that evidence was kept intact.

Regular police officers do not carry guns in the United Kingdom. Special officers are dispatched to scenes with guns only if situations become serious or dangerous.