Laurence Peter Brown

Died

28 August 1990

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Metropolitan Police

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Bled to death after being shot as he responded to reports that somebody was trying to break into a car.

Roll of Honour Citation

Bled to death after being shot as he responded to reports that somebody was trying to break into a car.

Circumstances

He responded to reports on police radio that somebody was trying to break into a car. As he walked along Pownall Road in Orwell Court on the Suffolk Estate, a male pulled out a shotgun and fired directly into PC Brown’s chest. His colleagues rushed to his aid but he bled to death.

Bled to death after a man pulled out a sawn-off shotgun and, without warning, fired directly into the officer’s chest as he walked along Pownall Road in Orwell Court, on the Suffolk Estate in Hackney, while responding to reports on police radio that somebody was trying to break into a car. His colleagues rushed to his aid but were unable to save him.