Man who died after being shot by armed officers at police station named

Independent Office for Police Conduct launches investigation into shooting

Sunday 09 October 2022 23:19 BST

Police forensic officers at Ascot Drive police station in Derby (Tom Maddick/SWNS)

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A man who died after being shot by armed officers in the car park of a police station in Derby has been named as Marius Ciolac.

Mr Ciolac, 35, from Derby, was shot after officers reported seeing a man armed with a knife in the secure car park of Ascot Drive police station just before 10am on Friday.

Armed officers were called and a police firearm was discharged at 10.03am.

Mr Ciolac was treated by officers until paramedics arrived but died later in Queen’s Medical Centre hospital in Nottingham.

A shattered door to the police station and remnants of where somebody received emergency medical treatment (Tom Maddick / SWNS)

Derbyshire Constabulary said his next of kin have been informed.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has begun an independent investigation into the shooting and confirmed that a knife had been recovered from the scene.

Mark Baxter, who works close to the police station at a motor firm, told the Daily Mail people rushed outside after hearing gunfire to find lots of police on the scene.