The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said this came after reviewing the evidence gathered so far following the incident in Streatham Hill on Monday night. The 24-year-old was driving a car which was first rammed before being trapped by the police. He was killed by a bullet that entered the driver’s side windshield of the Audi. The warden previously confirmed that no weapon was found in the vehicle. It has now emerged that the car, which had been flagged as being linked to a firearms incident a few days earlier, did not belong to Kaba. “Mr Kaba died after being shot by an MPS officer from the Special Firearms Command while police attempted to stop and detain the vehicle he was driving,” the IOPC said. “This followed the activation of an automatic number plate recognition camera which showed the vehicle was linked to a firearms incident in the previous days. The vehicle Mr Kaba was driving was not registered to him.’ The warden said his investigation was continuing and added: “As this is now a criminal investigation we are limited in what further information we can provide. “The opening of a criminal investigation does not mean that criminal charges will necessarily follow.” He said: “We have informed Mr Kaba’s family of this latest development. We continue to ask people to refrain from speculating about this incident out of respect for Mr. Kaba’s family and all others affected.” The family had already called for the officers to be put under criminal investigation by the IOPC. In a statement Wednesday, they said: “The family of Chris Kaba is seeking a homicide investigation into his death at the outset. “We have today told the IOPC this demand and that we do not want any delay as has happened in other fatal shootings – otherwise we and the wider public can have no confidence that the police will be held to account. “We are devastated. we need answers and we need accountability. We’re concerned that if Chris wasn’t Black, he would have been arrested on Monday afternoon and not executed.”
