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15 July 2011
Last updated at 19:34 ET
A police officer has been shot in the arm while chasing three men in South Croydon.
The officer, who has not been named, was hit when one of the men opened fire in Kingsdown Avenue at about 2200 BST on Friday.
His injuries are not said to be life-threatening.
Three men were later arrested. The incident is being investigated by Trident, the Met unit dealing with gun crime in the black community.
The police officer is the second to be seriously injured in Croydon in the last two months.
A plain-clothes Pc serving with the Broad Green Safer Neighbourhood Team was stabbed on 19 May when he stopped a gang of youths in Bute Road, Broad Green.
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The officer, who has not been named, was hit when one of the men opened fire in Kingsdown Avenue at about 2200 BST on Friday.
His injuries are not said to be life-threatening.
Three men were later arrested. The incident is being investigated by Trident, the Met unit dealing with gun crime in the black community.
The police officer is the second to be seriously injured in Croydon in the last two months.
A plain-clothes Pc serving with the Broad Green Safer Neighbourhood Team was stabbed on 19 May when he stopped a gang of youths in Bute Road, Broad Green.
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