Police Firearms Officer Charged With Murder of Chris Kaba in London

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the charging of a police officer—who remains unidentified—with the murder of Chris Kaba in September 2022.

A forensics officer takes photographs of the scene where 24-year-old Chris Kaba was killed by police in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, south London, on Sept. 5, 2022. PA

A Metropolitan Police firearms officer has been charged with murdering Chris Kaba, a drill rapper who was shot dead in Streatham, south London, in September 2022.

Mr. Kaba died on Sep. 6, 2022 after being struck by a single bullet as he drove a car in Streatham Hill, south London.