Metropolitan Police firearms officers who fatally shot an armed man in south London used necessary force, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has said.
Bryce Hodgson, 30, from Sheffield, broke into a home in Bywater Place, Southwark, armed with weapons, including a crossbow on 30 January.
He threatened officers with a sword and loaded crossbow and told them he was intent on killing someone who may be in the property, the IOPC said.
It said on Tuesday that the Met’s actions and decision to use of lethal force were “justified, proportionate and necessary”.
