Man shot dead by police next to A11 was carrying an AIRGUN |
Tony Keeble died after being shot in the chest and abdomen by armed officers next to the Thetford bypass on Sunday, December 28.
Police had been sent to the area following a collision between a car and a van on a nearby road, with witnesses saying a man with a handgun had left the scene.
The shooting is being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which has said that the weapon recovered from the roadside was a "gas-powered air gun".
Most air weapons do not require a licence, but no-one who has been sentenced to three or more years in jail can use one.
The shooting is still being investigated (Image: East Anglia News Service)
Mr Keeble, 61, lived in the town and his address on Masefield Walk was the focus of extensive searches by officers in the days after his death.
The shooting followed the crash between a Honda Jazz and Mercedes van by the gates of Thetford cemetery on........