THIS is the moment a suspected gunman was hauled out of Bond Street Tube station by a squad of ten armed police.
Firearms officers swooped on the chaotic scene and arrested two men as terrified commuters were evacuated at rush hour yesterday.
10 Armed cops carry away an alleged gunman on stretcher after swooping in on Bond Street Tube station
A woman, who works close to the station, captured the moment one of the alleged gunmen was pulled out, apparently strapped to a stretcher and surrounded by cops, just after 6pm.
She told The Sun Online: "It was really dramatic. There was a real sense of confusion – no one knows what's going on and all of a sudden this guy is just pulled out on a stretcher.
“My heart was pounding.”
Another witnesses described the moment one of the suspects screamed "I've got nothing" as armed cops tackled him to the ground.
10 Police pin one of the suspects to floor in the entrance to Bond Street Tube
Shah Hassan, 40, saw the armed cops arrest one of the suspects as he stood in Bond Street shopping centre in the entrance to the Tube station.
He said: “The police came in and before I could even take my camera out, they had this guy and were shouting and screaming and ordering him to lie on the floor.
“They literally jumped on top of him and had their guns pointed at his head. Then they were kicking his legs straight and searching him.
“He was quite young - maybe in his 20s. He was just shouting ‘I’ve got nothing, I’ve got nothing’.
“This was all over in a matter of seconds. “
10 Cops lower the stretcher into the police van this evening
10 The suspect is detained by armed cops in Bond Street
A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a gun at Bond Street Station
A woman, 36, who saw the drama unfold from her office, said: "There were armed police everywhere with officers carrying these big guns.
“There just seemed to be more and more police arriving around the station and crowds of people were gathering outside.
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“Suddenly armed officers moved everybody back and this car sped up and pulled over outside the station.
"Two officers sprinted out of the car and into the station and dragged a guy out.
"They then put him into the car and drove away.
“Then another car pulled up and there were loads more officers with guns who pulled another guy out on a stretcher.
“I couldn’t see that clearly but it looked like he was restrained to the stretcher."
10 Armed police gather at the scene after arresting two men on suspicion of gun offences
10 Armed police walk down an escalator at Bond Street shopping centre
Scotland Yard and British Transport Police confirmed two men had been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a firearm.
Alamy Live News 10 Armed cops outside Bond Street Tube
@candiddesign/Twitter 10 Travellers flee from Bond Street Station as police arrive on the scene this evening
@candiddesign/Twitter 10 Police arrive at Bond Street station in central London this evening
A BTP spokesman added that the incident was not being treated as terrorism.
MPS Westminster wrote on Twitter: "No reports of any injuries and incident is not being treated as terrorism. Suspected firearm found and will be sent for analysis. No crime scene in place.”
Travellers posted on Twitter of "carnage" as they were forced to flee in the heart of London's shopping district.
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Kendra Ayling told the Evening Standard: "I was at the station when all the alarms starting going off telling us to evacuate. "Someone said they had seen a gun so everyone started running and trying to get up the escalators. "We were held for ages with the amount of people but finally managed to get out as about 10 armed police officers ran into the station." Another witness tweeted: Bond Street station closed, loads of police everywhere. Including what looks like a swat team." Bond Street Tube station has since re-opened, British Transport Police said.
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ARMED police have stormed a London Underground station and placed it on lockdown.
Machine gun police raced to Bond Street station this evening and quickly ushered passengers out. Hundreds of rushhour commuters watched in shock as the shutters were drawn by cops at 6pm. Reports emerged a person with a gun was being ordered to lie on the ground by officers. The Metropolitan Police then confirmed shortly after that a man had been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. The force said in a short statement: “One male arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm at Bond Street station just before 6pm.
@SAMC3112/@CANDIDDESIGN/TWITTER LOCKDOWN: Machine gun police surround Bond Street station in central London
@SAMC3112/TWITTER 'SCARY' Passengers watch on in shock as armed police stand outside the station
@HILTOP01/TWITTER ONE ARREST: Police have confirmed a man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a gun
“Someone came on the microphone as well sounding really tense” Witness “No reports of any injuries and incident is not being treated as terrorism. “Suspected firearm found and will be sent for analysis. No crime scene in place.” The station was still closed at 8pm – two hours after police first arrived on scene. Cops were later seen taking two people away with an eyewitness reporting another person was carried on a stretcher. At the height of the evacuation commuters took to social media in a scramble to find out what was happening.
@CANDIDDESIGN/TWITTER RUSHOUR: The incident unfolded at around 6pm
Witnesses took to social media to post pictures and videos of armed officers outisde the busy London Underground station during rush hour.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a male had been arrested on suspiction of poccession of a firearm just before 6pm.
There have been no reports of injuries.
The firearm has been sent for analysis.
