Man dies after being shot with Taser by police and rescued from Thames

A cordon at Chelsea Bridge after police shot a man in his early 40s with a Taser on Saturday. Photograph: Guillermo Rai/Twitter

A man who was shot with a Taser by police in London and had to be rescued from the Thames has died, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has said.

Police were called to Chelsea Bridge Road in west London on Saturday morning after receiving reports that a man was armed with a screwdriver and shouting.