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Aug. 08, 1966 - Three Policeman Shot Down In A London Street In London yesterday afternoon three London Policemen were shot dead in the street. The triple shooting took place in Braybrook Street, Shepard's Bush, which faces Wormwood Scrubs Prison. The three CID officers were chasing a car, a Blue Standard vanguard down Braybrook Street when shotgun blasts rang out in the head and the other in the back. The three officers were, Detective-Sargent, Head aged 30 and unmarried, who was in charge of the car, Constable Wombwell, 25, married with two children and Constable Fox, 41 also married with three children. Immediately an all London Alert was raised and every CID officer in West London was taken from duty to help in the hunt for the killers. The police are looking for four men who are thought to have taken part in the shooting. Photo Shows:- Looking down on one of the CID Officers who was shot dead in Braybrook St. this afternoon
