9:16am Friday 27th June 2008
By David Jackman
THE police officer involved in a shooting incident is said to be traumatised.
The officer - an acting sergeant - was in or had just got out of a patrol car when shots were fired in Pyrles Lane, close to the junction with Burney Drive, Loughton on Thursday morning.
One shot hit the driver's side of the windscreen.
A police spokesman said this morning: "We are supporting his welfare needs at the moment.
"Obviously it was a very traumatic incident for him."
A man, aged 22, and a woman were arrested about 90 minutes after yesterday's 8am incident.
They were detained in Hornchurch when a vehicle was stopped.
The man was tasered by armed officers before being arrested. He is also being questioned about a shooting on Wednesday evening.
Police were alerted when a man attended Queens Hospital, in Romford, with shotgun injuries. His condition is not thought to be life-threatening.
Police carried out a fingertip search of a stretch of Pyrles Lane as the cordoned off area was extended.
A white van seen being taken away on the back of a recovery truck does not form part of the police investigation, a police spokesman said.
The man and woman arrested are being held at separate east London police stations and will continue to be questioned today.
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