""I was jogging in Clissold Park when I heard a loud popping noise at first it sounded like a firecracker. I turned around but didn't see anything unusual. I looked across the playing fields, where children were still running around, and since no-one was panicking, I thought maybe I was overreacting. I put my headphones back in, but then I heard the same sound again. This time I felt something wasn't right.""
""That's when I heard someone shout: 'He's going to shoot himself'. I turned and saw a man holding something to his head. I was staring straight at him when I heard the shot go off, and he collapsed to the ground. For a moment I couldn't process what I was seeing, it didn't feel real.""
An incident in Clissold Park involved a man suspected of shooting a woman in the torso before shooting himself; police found the man dead at the scene. A jogging witness heard loud popping noises, initially mistaking them for firecrackers, then saw the man hold a handgun to his head and heard a gunshot. Children were playing nearby and bystanders did not initially panic. Bystanders moved the weapon and declared the man dead, while a witness hesitated to check for breathing. The injured woman received hospital treatment and has been discharged. The handgun was described as small and metallic, and the man was smartly dressed. Metropolitan Police are investigating.
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