What We Know About the Police Shooting on London Bridge

British police have shot a man suspected of stabbing a number of people on London Bridge Friday afternoon, in what emergency services are calling a “major incident.”

Footage on social media showed a man wrestling on the pavement with the presumed attacker, before police helped pull him away, then fired at the suspect on the ground.

Police have released few details about the incident, but here’s what we know so far:

Metropolitan Police said they were called to reports of a stabbing near London Bridge, in central London, at 1:58 p.m. local time (8:58 a.m. ET). They said they had detained a man, and believed a number of people had been injured.

BBC reporter John McManus, who witnessed the incident, told the broadcaster he saw a struggle on the bridge before police arrived on the scene and opened fire.

"There appeared to be a fight going on on the other side of the bridge, with several men attacking one man,” McManus told the broadcaster.

Police sealed off the iconic London landmark and evacuated pedestrians from the bridge and surrounding areas. Passengers stuck in vehicles on the bridge captured footage of armed police pointing their weapons at a man lying on the ground.

Workers in nearby office buildings also captured footage of the incident.

Images from the scene show a truck parked across the traffic lanes.

The Met Police confirmed that it was dealing with an incident at London Bridge and advised people near the scene to follow directions from officers on the ground.

London Bridge was the scene of a 2017 terror attack that killed eight people.

Earlier this month, Britain’s national terrorism threat level was lowered from “severe” to “substantial,” the lowest its been since 2014.

This is a developing story.

Cover: Incident on London Bridge. Armed police at the scene of an incident on London Bridge in central London. Picture date: Friday November 29, 2019. See PA story POLICE LondonBridge. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire URN:48674744 (Press Association via AP Images)

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