incorrectly identified the passenger as Martin and believed that Martin had recognised him. The passenger reached onto the back seat, which Finch misinterpreted as Martin reaching for a gun. Without warning, Finch fired all six rounds in his revolver, first at the vehicle's rear wheel and then at the passenger. While Finch was shooting, a second officer, hearing the shots and assuming his colleague was under attack, also began shooting through the rear window. The passenger, who was subsequently identified as Waldorf, was hit several times. After running out of ammunition, Finch verbally abused Waldorf and pistol whipped him until he lost consciousness. The investigation found that the officers had fired 14 shots. Waldorf was hit five times. He sustained wounds to the head, liver, and abdomen. He was handcuffed and dragged to the side of the road. Martin's girlfriend was dragged from the car having sustained minor injuries then taken to hospital. The driver fled the scene. Within an hour, a senior officer at Scotland Yard issued a public apology and promised an immediate investigation by the Metropolitan Police's Complaints Investigation Bureau. He described the incident as "a tragic case of mistaken identity". Waldorf was in hospital for six weeks. When he regained consciousness, a senior Met officer visited him to apologise. Aftermath David Martin was rearrested shortly after the shooting. Sue Stephens had continued to be kept under police surveillance and attended a restaurant in Heath Street, Hampstead, north-West London, where she met up with Martin, who had dyed his distinctive blond hair dark. He was challenged by police and ran into Hampstead tube station, ran down the stairs of London's deepest tube station, south along the northbound track where eventually he was arrested at Belsize Park station without incident. He had a shotgun hidden inside his coat, and told the driver of a northbound Northern line train that he was a signal engineer. He was found guilty at Old Bailey of the attempted murder of PC Nicholas Carr and was sentenced to life in prison. He hanged himself in prison in 1984. The incident attracted considerable scrutiny from journalists and the public, concerned at the lack of restraint shown by the officers, the danger their actions posed to the public, and the potential breach of police policies on the use of firearms. The matter was raised in parliament. The Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, promised that the report