A firearms officer who raised his gun in the same second a colleague shot Chris Kaba during a police vehicle stop told jurors he feared he would be run over and killed.The Metropolitan Police officer, referred to as DS87, was standing beside Martyn Blake when he opened fire on the unarmed driver of a suspect Audi car on the evening of September 5 2022.The blue Audi had been used as the "getaway" car after shots were fired outside a school in Brixton the night before - and neither shotgun nor sus

A firearms officer who raised his gun in the same second a colleague shot Chris Kaba during a police vehicle stop told jurors he feared he would be run over and killed.The Metropolitan Police officer, referred to as DS87, was standing beside Martyn Blake when he opened fire on the unarmed driver of a suspect Audi car on the evening of September 5 2022.The blue Audi had been used as the "getaway" car after shots were fired outside a school in Brixton the night before - and neither shotgun nor suspects had been found, jurors were told.DS87 was asked about his thoughts as Blake opened fire, hitting Mr Kaba in the forehead through the front windscreen.He said: "I have got no doubt in my mind, given a moment longer the Audi would have come forward and I would have gone under."I felt in fear for my life. Had the actions not been taken at that point, I would have died or been injured."DS87 was the Operational Firearms Commander in charge of initiating the enforced stop with extraction of the