Olly Murs evacuated from shop in Oxford Street incident
Warning: the following article contains tweets using strong language.
Olly Murs sent desperate tweets to his fans during a suspected terror incident in the heart of London today (November 24).
The Met Police cordoned off areas surrounding Oxford Street, where the 33-year-old found himself trapped in luxury department store Selfridges.
Keeping his fans informed, Olly tweeted that he heard gunshots while in the store, and advised that shoppers should flee.
Fuck everyone get out of @Selfridges now gun shots!! I’m inside
- Olly Murs (@ollyofficial) November 24, 2017
Managing to find shelter in a back office, he said he heard people screaming and saw Black Friday customers running toward exits.
Really not sure what’s happened! I’m in the back office... but people screaming and running towards exits!
- Olly Murs (@ollyofficial) November 24, 2017
A subsequent tweet confirmed that Murs had managed to get out.
Evacuating store now!!! Fuck heart is pounding
- Olly Murs (@ollyofficial) November 24, 2017