Irish man (38) shot dead by British police after charging at officers is named

Officers were called to the station at around 12.55pm on Tuesday following reports of a man carrying a gun.

Armed officers challenged a white man who was carrying a knife outside the station before he moved at speed towards them.

“Shortly afterwards he was shot at close range,” the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which has launched an investigation into the incident, said.

The scene at Milton Keynes railway station (Andrew Matthews/PA)

A “single shot was fired by one officer”, the watchdog added.

A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said: “The Department of Foreign Affairs is aware of this case and is providing consular assistance. As with all consular cases, the Department does not comment on the details of individual cases”.

The Irish Mirror reported that Mr Joyce is a native of Co Galway.

An IOPC statement continued: “We have viewed police officers’ body worn video footage and a substantial amount of CCTV footage and established that, at around…