Olly Murs has hit out at critics who slammed him for saying gun shots were fired in central London despite police insisting they weren't. Olly Murs has broken his silence after being caught up in the terror attack false alarm in London last year

The singer was mercilessly mocked after tweeting about hearing 'gun shots' at Oxford Circus during the panic on Black Friday last November. The Met Police’s full statement at the time said: “At 4:38pm police started to receive numerous 999 calls within a short space of time reporting shots fired in a number of locations on Oxford Street and at Oxford Circus underground station. “Given the nature of the information received, the Met responded in line with our existing operation as if the incident was terrorism, including the deployment of armed officers. Cops have hit back at Olly Murs after he insisted "something happened" on the day of the Black Friday stampede in London, and hinted there must have been a cover-up. “Whether they were shooting into the air or whatever, something happened that day – whether it was covered up, I don’t know.”

Murs was purchasing a present on 24 November 2017 when shoppers began fleeing the area, leading to the deployment of armed police and a section of London’s West End being evacuated. The singer was ridiculed after he sent a series of panicked tweets from inside Selfridges saying that there had been “gun shots” and telling everyone to “get out of Selfridges now”. “And then there’s people screaming and running towards exits and I’m thinking, ‘What the f***?’

“I ran for my life thinking, ‘Someone’s upstairs shooting.’ The noise of people screaming, it was terrifying.”

Murs and a group of shoppers hid in a back office, where people told him they had heard gun shots being fired. I believe Olly — Lil Yellin (@lilyallen) April 9, 2018

Piers Morgan was among those who criticised Murs for his tweets at the time, warning the singer to be careful what he posted to his 8.4m followers. The Troublemaker star came under fire from Piers Morgan following the incident

At the time, a Met Police spokesman said: "At 4.38pm police started to receive numerous 999 calls within a short space of time reporting shots fired in a number of locations on Oxford Street and at Oxford Circus underground station.
The British Transport Police reject claims by entertainer Olly Murs of a cover-up of a possible terror incident in London in November. Murs reported hearing gunfire but investigations found no evidence of weapons use.