1990's headline

[Myrtle]

'Crowd in tears as one man shot dead in tragedy' and other similar headlines appeared in the UK press in the 1990's but there was no murder enquiry. Why was this?

[sft42]

Could it be the case of Scotsman Harry Stanley, who after having had a quiet drink in a london pub carried on his way carrying a table leg in a carrier bag and was then gunned down by english officers from the Met force? For some of the story click here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673
,407428,00.html

[sft42]

...and the ensuing cover up http://www.theirishworld.com/pdf/2003/843%20-%2011
.04.2002/5.pdf

[RickF]

Or it might be a storyline from a soap?

[Myrtle]

Thank you for the suggestions. I have now found the answer, and One Man was not human.

[Azimov]

I think I speak for many reading this when I say..."Huh?"

[pezza.......]

Was 'One Man' a horse in a race? Maybe the Grand National.