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| Police officers shoot man in Hull street | Police officers shoot man in Hull street |
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| Police officers have shot and injured a 31-year-old man in a Hull street. | Police officers have shot and injured a 31-year-old man in a Hull street. |
| A BBC reporter at a police cordon at Charles Street said witnesses had reported seeing a man with an axe and hearing gunshots. | A BBC reporter at a police cordon at Charles Street said witnesses had reported seeing a man with an axe and hearing gunshots. |
| Humberside Police said armed officers had earlier been sent to Holderness Road "following reports of concerns for the safety of the public in relation to a man seen near the Post Office". | Humberside Police said armed officers had earlier been sent to Holderness Road "following reports of concerns for the safety of the public in relation to a man seen near the Post Office". |
| The man is receiving medical treatment and his condition is unknown. | The man is receiving medical treatment and his condition is unknown. |
| More on this and other Hull stories | More on this and other Hull stories |
| The force said: "An investigation is under way and the incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission." | The force said: "An investigation is under way and the incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission." |
| Officers were deployed shortly before 09:20 GMT and police said the man was shot nearly 20 minutes later. | Officers were deployed shortly before 09:20 GMT and police said the man was shot nearly 20 minutes later. |
| 'Scary situation' | |
| Police added: "We are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident at this time." | Police added: "We are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident at this time." |
| One builder working nearby said he heard gunshots. | One builder working nearby said he heard gunshots. |
| "I heard two fires, that's all I heard really," he said. | "I heard two fires, that's all I heard really," he said. |
| "It was scary, a scary situation." | "It was scary, a scary situation." |
| Rachael, who was attending a training course in a nearby building, said she heard two "loud bangs and screaming". | |
| "Then we looked out the window and he was laid on the floor," she said. | |
| "He had what looked like two large sort of cuts, slashes things low down and there was blood coming out of them. | |
| "There were about four or six (police officers) with him on the floor and he was trying to sit up, obviously he was bleeding quite a lot." |