A police officer has died after being shot in a police station by a man who was being detained.
The Metropolitan Police said the officer died in hospital after being shot by the man at Croydon Custody Centre in south London during the early hours of Friday.
A 23-year-old man detained at the scene was also taken to hospital with a gunshot wound and remains in a critical condition, police said.
The force said no police firearms were discharged during the incident.
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