Met chief hits out at social media speculation around Chris Kaba shooting as 67 gang linked to 11 gun attacks

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Metropolitan Police commissioner has hit out at “dangerous narratives” over the police shooting of Chris Kaba by a firearms officer who was cleared of murder, revealing that Kaba’s gang has been linked to 11 shootings in the past year. “From the outset, over the last two years, the majority of the conversation online focused entirely on Chris Kaba’s ethnicity,” he said while addressing an event in London on Tuesday. “I go as far as to say that some people with huge influence risked undermining the British justice system, and those people should know better.” Sergeant Martyn Blake was last month unanimously acquitted of murder over the September 2022 shooting of Kaba as he tried to ram his way out of a police stop in Streatham, south London. open image in gallery Metropolitan Police commissioner Mark Rowley said the ‘67’ gang had about 95 key offenders at its core The case fuelled fierce debate, with Kaba’s family holding protests after the verdict was delivered, while the government unveiled plans to give firearms officers anonymity in court up until conviction in an overhaul of police accountability.