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A police officer has been shot dead by a suspect being booked into custody at a south London police station.
The custody sergeant was shot before the suspect then turned the gun on themselves at the Croydon Custody Centre in Windmill Lane just after 2am on Friday.
The officer - who has not been identified - was rushed to a local hospital but he was unable to be saved.
The suspect was also taken to hospital with a gunshot wound and is in a critical condition, a Metropolitan police spokesman said.
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