Chris Kaba’s family will be able to watch police footage of the incident that led to his death, it has emerged.
Twenty-four-year-old Mr Kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed following a car chase in Streatham Hill on Monday, September 5.
His family, which includes Mr Kaba’s Dulwich parents, had previously asked to see bodycam and aerial footage of the incident.
IOPC Regional Director Sal Naseem said: “We have been in further contact with Chris’s family this week to answer a number of questions they have and to offer them privately and confidentially the opportunity to view video footage as soon as it is practicable.”
Explaining that the investigation would take between six and nine months to complete, he added: “As this is a criminal investigation, we will continue to be limited in what details we can release as we can’t risk prejudicing any proceedings that may follow.”
This latest development comes amid mounting frustration about the way the Met and the IOPC have handled the investigation.
The IOPC announced it had launched a homicide on Friday, September 9, four days after Mr Kaba was killed.
A Met police officer was suspended from duty on Monday, September 12, but Mr Kaba’s family say this should have happened sooner.
The Met Police Federation’s chair said that the suspended firearm officer’s colleagues were “very concerned” by the suspension which he said was “based purely on public perception”.
On Saturday, September 10, hundreds of protestors gathered outside Scotland Yard with ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Justice for Chris Kaba’ banners.
Award-winning rapper Stormzy joined the crowds saying: “Chris has a mother, he has a family, he has brothers, he has friends, people who knew him in real life, who for them, it’s unbearable.”