The 40-year-old was killed in the early hours of this morning after officers were called to reports of a break-in in north London
Police have shot dead a man who was threatening a woman with a knife at a house in London overnight.
Officers fired a number of shots during the incident in Shepperton Road, Islington, at around 1am this morning.
A 40-year-old black man, from Islington, died 20 minutes later while on route to the hospital, Scotland Yard said.
Photos taken by neighbours showed a middle-aged woman in a pink blanket being comforted by a female police officer as she was led away from the house.
She was not harmed but was treated for shock.
The Metropolitan Police had sent a negotiator to the scene at 11.19pm last night, after reports the man had broken into a house.
The man and woman involved are believed to have known each other.
Neighbour Lyssa Barber said: "I was woken up to shouts and immediately afterwards to what sounded like four or five bangs. They were gunshots.
"I think I heard five gunshots, but a gunshot in real life doesn't sound like it does on TV. It sounded like loud bangs on a door. Bang, bang, bang. Then I realised, if it's somebody banging on the door, why can I hear it?
"We saw the ambulance and police. There were eight police vehicles I could see from my window, and I saw five armed officers.
"The ambulance arrived as I was looking out of my window. Police came out of the house. We could see someone being led away. I'm fairly sure they were wearing pink and had to be supported by officers."
She said she was shocked such a scene could unfold on her doorstep.
She said: "I think a couple lived in the house. I think they were middle-aged, maybe in their 50s.
"It's happening right outside my house and it's the sort of thing you read about in the papers."
A 36-year-old man, who did not want to be named, said: "I arrived home and saw police, who escorted me to my house. Some other residents weren't allowed back into their homes.
"I saw armed officers, those special police who had arms on. I saw around three or four of them.
"Later when I was inside my house I heard shots.
"I looked outside my window ... she was in her 40s and 50s wearing pyjamas with a pink blanket wrapped around her."
Daniel Keane, 28, an office worker who lives in the street, added: "I thought I heard fireworks, that's what it sounded like to me."
"The shots didn't last long at all, but it wasn't a standard type of firework sound. It sounded different.
"I also heard some shouts, but they weren't audible."
The street remains cordoned off with more than a dozen police officers are still at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: "As in any shooting, officers from the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) have been informed and this incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)."
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