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The Chandler's Ford shooting was an attempted robbery on 13 September 2007 in which two men were shot dead by Metropolitan Police officers while robbing a security van. The Met had been tracking a gang who had stolen an estimated £500,000 from security vans. They learned that the gang intended to rob the HSBC branch in Chandler's Ford, and armed police officers concealed themselves nearby early in the morning, with snipers in overlooking buildings. Shortly after the G4S van's arrival, a masked Mark Nunes demanded at gunpoint that the guard hand over the cash box. A police sniper shot Nunes in the chest. A second gangster, Andrew Markland, picked up Nunes's gun and was shot twice by another sniper. Officers gave first aid but both men died. An IPCC investigation concluded that the snipers had acted properly, though it found flaws in the planning. An inquest reached a verdict of lawful killing, after which the IPCC recommended that an independent firearms commander be appointed to lead future operations.(Full article...)