Shooting victim 'had crime history'

13 April 2012

A suspeced drug dealer shot dead by armed police had previously been involved in a shooting in his home, it emerged today.

Azelle Rodney, 24, was shot by officers on Sunday night as he sat in a car which had been stopped by police in Edgware. He and two other men were believed to be on their way to rob and kidnap a drug dealer.

A neighbour said today Mr Rodney had a reputation for gun crime and that he had heard shots fired in his Fulham flat last year. Sunday’s shooting is being
investigated.

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