Independent Office for Police Conduct orders for misconduct hearing into incident in which Jermaine Baker was killed

A Metropolitan police firearms officer who shot dead an unarmed man at point blank range should face a hearing for gross misconduct which could see him sacked, the police watchdog has said.

The officer, known only as W80, shot dead Jermaine Baker, 28, in 2015 as he prepared to try and free a prisoner from custody near Wood Green crown court, in north London.

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