mark duggan: linked to ten shootings and two murders before he was shot and killed by police while travelling in a minicab  violent gangster mark duggan – whose death sparked the 2011 riots – was holding a gun when a police marksman opened fire, a report concluded yesterday an exhaustive three and a half year investigation by the police watchdog completely exonerated the firearms officer who shot duggan of any wrongdoing the 500 page report concluded that the marksman, known only as v53, used ‘reasonable and proportionate force’ and said that there is no ‘reliable evidence’ to undermine his account and it backed v53’s version of events: that he shot duggan because he saw a gun and thought the gangster was about to open fire last year an inquest ruled that duggan was lawfully killed – but the jury concluded that he had dropped the gun some time before he was shot however, yesterday’s report by the independent police complaints commission said the gangster was holding the gun and was ‘in the process of throwing it to his right as he was shot’ the ipcc said it based its conclusions on the evidence from the inquest and extra evidence which it obtained later in the aftermath of duggan’s death, supposed witnesses claimed they saw police marksmen shoot him after he had already given himself up one claimed she saw police officers plant a gun at the scene minutes after the shooting all of these accounts were rejected by the ipcc because the accounts were riddled with inconsistencies the investigation also rejected claims made by duggan’s mother pamela and girlfriend precious douaihy that officers tampered with evidence and lied in their witness statements before his death, duggan, 29, was considered to be one of britain’s most violent gangsters who was linked to ten shootings and two murders aftermath: duggan's body lies in the street moments after he was killed a report today ruled that he had run from the minicab holding the gun wrapped in a sock, at which point officers opened fire  he was placed under surveillance in august 2011 after officers learnt he was about to pick up a gun from kevin hutchinson foster, an associate, in leyton, east london after duggan had collected the weapon, the minicab in which he was travelling was stopped by armed police during the evening rush hour in tottenham, north london the ipcc rejected wild conspiracy theories and inaccurate witness statements, which were promoted by mark duggan’s supporters the father of four, who had taken the party drug ecstasy, then ran out of the toyota minicab holding the gun, the report said duggan was shot twice by v53 after the officer saw him raise a gun wrapped in a sock towards him one bullet hit the gangster in his right bicep and the other hit him in the chest when stopped by police he was carrying a bbm bruni starter pistol that had been converted into a ‘lethal’ handgun capable of firing 9mm bullets the marksman has repeatedly said that it was his ‘honestly held belief’ that duggan was about to shoot him and his colleagues ‘the world just stopped in my head,’ he told the inquest ‘it’s like a freeze frame moment the only thing i was focusing on is the gun’ duggan’s death triggered four days of rioting and looting across england, leading to five deaths and £200million of damage more than 1,400 were later jailed over the riots the ipcc report found that scotland yard’s decision to place duggan under surveillance was ‘logical and legitimate’ because he was ‘coming to prominence’ as an active member of the notorious tottenham mandem gang it also said that undercover officers were right to stop duggan when he was in the minicab after studying more than 1,200 documents, 500 witness statements and 340 exhibits, it found ‘no indication of misconduct for any armed officer involved’ but it recommended that police forces should use audio and video equipment to record undercover operations so they can provide an ‘accurate and incontrovertible’ record of what happened ipcc deputy chairman rachel cerfontyne said: ‘our findings are based on the best available evidence, checked and cross checked’ last night, the duggan family released a statement in which they claimed the report ‘confirms their belief that the ipcc are unfit for purpose’ the family described the watchdog’s conduct as ‘a chronicle of inefficiency and incompetence’
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