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THE INDEPENDENT Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have today announced that they have decided to put on hold gross misconduct proceedings against the Metropolitan Police firearms officer who killed Chris Kaba.

Chris Kaba, a 24 year old Black man, was fatally shot by Martyn Blake, a firearms officer from the Metropolitan Police on 5 September 2022 in Streatham, London.

Chris was unarmed and police officers did not know who he was at the time of the shooting.

THE FAMILY of Chris Kaka are set to hold a vigil this week marking three years since the fatal shooting.

Metropolitan Police firearms officer, Martyn Blake, fatally shot Mr Kaba during a police stop, but was later found not guilty of murder at a high-profile trial at the Old Bailey in October 2024.

Mr Kaba’s family say the vigil will be a space for “reflection, remembrance and solidarity.”

THE INDEPENDENT Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has directed the Met Police to hold a disciplinary hearing for a firearms officer who shot Chris Kaba.

NX121 was unanimously acquitted of the murder of Mr Kaba following an Old Bailey trial in October 2024.

In March 2024, firearms officer NX121 was named as Martyn Blake following a judge’s decision to lift an anonymity order – which prevented his identity from being revealed.

Mr Kaba, 24, died in September 2022 in Streatham, south London, after a single gunshot wound sustained during a Met operation.