LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.
>> Connell: BREAKING NEWS IS
COMING TO US FROM LONDON.
WE'RE JUST HEARING OF REPORTS
LONDON BRIDGE HAS BEEN LOCKED
DOWN.
POLICE MAY HAVE SHOT A SUSPECT,
BENJAMIN HALL LIVE IN THE
LONDON NEWSROOM MONITORING THE
SITUATION.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS NEWS JUST BREAKING IN THE
LAST HALF HOUR OR SO.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
CONFIRMING A MAN HAS BEEN SHOT
AND KILLED ON LONDON BRIDGE.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
IT ARE UNCLEAR AT THE MOMENT
BUT EYEWITNESSES SAY THERE WAS
A MAN BEING RESTRAINED BY
OFFICERS ON THAT BRIDGE SHORTLY
AFTERWARDS GUNSHOTS WERE HEARD
AND THAT MAN NOW CONFIRMED TO
BE DEAD.
ARMED OFFICERS SWARMING OVER
THE BRIDGE.
IT HAS BEEN EVACUATED ON BOTH
SIDES.
TRAFFIC IN THE WHOLE AREA HAS
BEEN SHUT DOWN.
THIS IS BEING TREATED AS A
MAJOR INCIDENT.
NOT CLEAR IF IT IS CRIMINAL OR
TERRORISM.
BUT CERTAINLY THE METROPOLITAN
POLICE TAKING NO CHANCES AT ALL.
A MAN ON LONDON BRIDGE
CONFIRMED SHOT AND KILLED.
THIS IS THE SITE BACK IN 2017
OF A MAJOR TERROR ATTACK HERE
IN LONDON.
EVER SINCE THEN POLICE HAVE
PICKED UP SECURITY ON BRIDGES
LIKE THIS AS A RESULT.
THERE ARE POLICE UP AND DOWN IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW AT THE
MOMENT.
A MAN SHOT AND KILLED ON LONDON
BRIDGE.
WHETHER IT'S TERRORISM OR
CRIMINAL WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT
THIS POINT.
THAT PART OF LONDON CERTAINLY
BEING SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AT
THE MOMENT AND ARMED OFFICERS
ON SCENE.
>> Connell: WE DON'T KNOW HOW
IT BEGAN AND WHETHER ANY OF THE
SHOOTING WAS DONE BY THE MAN
HIMSELF OR WHETHER IT WAS JUST
THE POLICE.
WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES ABOUT HOW IT
STARTED?
>> EYEWITNESS REPORTS SUGGEST
THERE WAS A FIGHT ON THE BRIDGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS ON
SKY NEWS THERE WAS A MAN
ATTACKING PEOPLE WITH A KNIFE.
UNCONFIRMED.
MEDIA ARE REPORTING IT OVER
HERE AND IT LED QUICKLY TO
SHOTS BEING FIRED AND THIS MAN
BEING KILLED.
WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS
INCIDENT TO WHEN THAT NEWS --
CONFIRMATION THAT A MAN HAD
BEEN KILLED WAS A MATTER OF 20
MINUTES.
VERY FAST POLICE RESPONSE.
THAT WILL COME DOWN TO THE
PREPARATION BY POLICE
PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES LIKE
THAT IN SUCH SENSITIVE AREAS.
>> Connell: WE'LL BE BACK TO
YOU.