Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on talk radio.

Well, I say good morning. I said it to Peter Blexley earlier, former police detective, of course,

here in the Metropolitan Police in London. It is very far from a good morning because what we are

waking up to here and have been for the last few hours is a terrible, terrible shooting, a murder indeed

of a police sergeant and a custody centre in Croydon.

A man was arrested, a 23-year-old man brought into custody.

He was searched because he was found to be carrying ammunition.

The search did not result in the discovery of a weapon.

He then somehow managed to draw that weapon, fire it at the police sergeant,

killing him pretty much instantly.

He then turned the gun on himself.

He is still alive as we speak.

We will be sending all sorts of condolences to the Metropolitan Police family

and the police family all around Britain because the police this year

have suffered probably inordinately more than any organisation which is there to do good should ever have to worry about.

It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. The policeman's family will of course be absolutely in bits about it.

We will be bringing you all the news as we get it. We've got teams of news reporters all over the place.

We'll be picking up all sorts of pieces of information which we will bring to you.

We'll also bring in you the reaction from everyone from Sadiq Khan to Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister.

Sadiq Khan already under fire on social media because he's referred to what happened in a tweet as an incident.

Not a murder, he's referred to it as in a tweet as an incident.

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