Police investigate suspected gunshot fired at taxi carrying Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop, who was travelling in a black cab up Dean Street when the driver heard a bullet strike and damage the taxi window. Photograph: Mike Lawn/Shutterstock

Scotland Yard is investigating a suspected gunshot that hit the back window of a taxi containing the Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop.

The black-cab driver told detectives he had come to a standstill in traffic in Soho, central London, just after 10am on Tuesday morning when he heard what he believed was a bullet hitting and damaging his window.