Lewisham: Armed police lock down London high street for hours in stand-off with knifeman Armed police remained in a tense standoff with a knifeman on Monday evening in an ongoing incident that had forced the closure of a high street for nearly 12 hours.
A Met Police spokesperson said shortly before 7pm: “Police were called to a disturbance on Lewisham High Street, at around 10:45hrs on Monday, 10 February.
Footage posted on social media appeared to show a man leaning out of a window in a block of flats in Lewisham High Street while brandishing a knife, as well as waving it around inside the flat.
A Met Police spokesperson said there was no information available to suggest there was anyone else inside the property and that officers were speaking to the man.
The incident remained ongoing as of Monday evening, a Lewisham Council spokesperson said.
