New footage seconds after Mark Duggan died

Police shouted "put it down, put it down," according to witness
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Justin Davenport27 April 2012

New footage has emerged of the aftermath of the police shooting that triggered last summer’s riots.

Mark Duggan was killed during a planned operation by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Trident gun crime unit in Tottenham on August 4.

The video, obtained by the BBC, was filmed by someone who says they witnessed the shooting and shows attempts by paramedics to save Mr Duggan’s life as well as footage of his body covered by a red blanket.

An audio expert has told the BBC that the witness can be heard saying that Mr Duggan jumped out of a car and police twice shouted: “Put it down.”

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is still carrying out an investigation into the circumstances of the shooting, with an inquiry into his death failing to establish the sequence of events concerning a handgun found at the scene.

The watchdog has condemned the BBC’s decision to broadcast the footage before it has seen it.

IPCC Commissioner Rachel Cerfontyne said: “The IPCC is conducting a sensitive investigation of considerable public interest. Given this, it is particularly disappointing that BBC News did not afford us the opportunity to view this footage in advance of broadcast, despite our repeated requests.

“Broadcasting this footage is likely to have caused considerable distress to Mr Duggan’s family, friends and the local community, in addition to potentially prejudicing our investigation and any legal process that may follow.

“We fully expect BBC News to now pass us the unedited footage so we are able to fully assess its implications.”

The video, which appears to have been filmed from a building opposite the scene, begins after the shooting.

An air ambulance can be seen hovering overhead as paramedics attempt to revive Mr Duggan near the grey people carrier taxi he was travelling in.

The taxi is blocked in by an unmarked police car and an ambulance is parked nearby.

According to the audio analyst, the witness says on the tape: “They blocked him in, they blocked him in. He jumped out... And then he’s taken out, shot him... because I heard them shout at him yeah, ‘Put it down, put it down.”

A BBC spokeswoman said Mr Duggan’s family were aware that the footage would be shown on television.

“The BBC is fully aware of the sensitivities around this story and ensured that Mark Duggan’s family were informed about the footage before it was broadcast.”

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