officers of the metropolitan police service stopped a cab that was carrying duggan as a passenger at about 6:15pm on 4 august 2011. they did this because they had been told that duggan had a gun. a firearms officer said that duggan got out of the cab and pulled a gun from his waistband. he then ran away. police shot him twice. an eyewitness said that duggan "was shot while he was pinned to the floor by police." paramedics came, but he died before he could be taken to hospital. a 9mm gun was found 10–14 feet away from where duggan was shot on the other side of the fence. witnesses told the ipcc that they saw police throw the gun over the fence.