Police use Taser gun on suspects

Police have used the latest stun gun technology to arrest three suspects over a shooting outside a nightclub.

They used Hatton rounds - which deflate car tyres with minimum damage - and a controversial Taser stun gun on two of the men during the arrests.

Scotland Yard said it wanted to question the three about a shooting at

1.30am on Sunday outside the Opium Lounge club in Romford. A man, thought to have been refused entry, fired several shots at the doormen.

The gunman - thought to be white and in his early twenties - escaped. There were no injuries.

At 12.35am yesterday a car containing three men was stopped by officers from the firearms unit in the town's Masefield Crescent.

The men tried to drive off and Hatton rounds were used. They were later arrested, at which point a Taser was used on two of them. The men were taken to a police station and seen by a forensic medical examiner.

The Yard is one of a number of forces testing the Taser, which delivers an electric shock.

According to figures issued in the middle of last month, they had been discharged 10 times by the Metropolitan Police.

Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 020 8217 7377, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.