THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.

>> Connell: BREAKING NEWS IS

COMING TO US FROM LONDON.

WE'RE JUST HEARING OF REPORTS

LONDON BRIDGE HAS BEEN LOCKED

DOWN.

POLICE MAY HAVE SHOT A SUSPECT,

BENJAMIN HALL LIVE IN THE

LONDON NEWSROOM MONITORING THE

SITUATION.

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

>> GOOD MORNING.

THIS NEWS JUST BREAKING IN THE

LAST HALF HOUR OR SO.

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE

CONFIRMING A MAN HAS BEEN SHOT

AND KILLED ON LONDON BRIDGE.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING

IT ARE UNCLEAR AT THE MOMENT

BUT EYEWITNESSES SAY THERE WAS

A MAN BEING RESTRAINED BY

OFFICERS ON THAT BRIDGE SHORTLY

AFTERWARDS GUNSHOTS WERE HEARD

AND THAT MAN NOW CONFIRMED TO

BE DEAD.

ARMED OFFICERS SWARMING OVER

THE BRIDGE.

IT HAS BEEN EVACUATED ON BOTH

SIDES.

TRAFFIC IN THE WHOLE AREA HAS

BEEN SHUT DOWN.

THIS IS BEING TREATED AS A

MAJOR INCIDENT.

NOT CLEAR IF IT IS CRIMINAL OR

TERRORISM.

BUT CERTAINLY THE METROPOLITAN

POLICE TAKING NO CHANCES AT ALL.

A MAN ON LONDON BRIDGE

CONFIRMED SHOT AND KILLED.

THIS IS THE SITE BACK IN 2017

OF A MAJOR TERROR ATTACK HERE

IN LONDON.

EVER SINCE THEN POLICE HAVE

PICKED UP SECURITY ON BRIDGES

LIKE THIS AS A RESULT.

THERE ARE POLICE UP AND DOWN IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW AT THE

MOMENT.

A MAN SHOT AND KILLED ON LONDON

BRIDGE.

WHETHER IT'S TERRORISM OR

CRIMINAL WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT

THIS POINT.

THAT PART OF LONDON CERTAINLY

BEING SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AT

THE MOMENT AND ARMED OFFICERS

ON SCENE.

>> Connell: WE DON'T KNOW HOW

IT BEGAN AND WHETHER ANY OF THE

SHOOTING WAS DONE BY THE MAN

HIMSELF OR WHETHER IT WAS JUST

THE POLICE.

WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE

CIRCUMSTANCES ABOUT HOW IT

STARTED?

>> EYEWITNESS REPORTS SUGGEST

THERE WAS A FIGHT ON THE BRIDGE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS ON

SKY NEWS THERE WAS A MAN

ATTACKING PEOPLE WITH A KNIFE.

UNCONFIRMED.

MEDIA ARE REPORTING IT OVER

HERE AND IT LED QUICKLY TO

SHOTS BEING FIRED AND THIS MAN

BEING KILLED.

WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS

INCIDENT TO WHEN THAT NEWS --

CONFIRMATION THAT A MAN HAD

BEEN KILLED WAS A MATTER OF 20

MINUTES.

VERY FAST POLICE RESPONSE.

THAT WILL COME DOWN TO THE

PREPARATION BY POLICE

PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES LIKE

THAT IN SUCH SENSITIVE AREAS.

>> Connell: WE'LL BE BACK TO

YOU.