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Man dies in police shooting on M62 in Huddersfield | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A man has died in a police shooting during a "pre-planned" operation near a motorway. | |
West Yorkshire Police said a police firearm was discharged at about 18:00 GMT on Monday near the M62 in Huddersfield. | |
The slip roads east and west bound at junction 24 of the M62 remain closed. | The slip roads east and west bound at junction 24 of the M62 remain closed. |
A police spokesman said more than one person had been arrested but no further details were released. The case has been referred to the police watchdog. | |
Those arrested required hospital treatment for injuries "not related to firearm discharge", the spokesman said. | |
No officers were injured in the incident. | |
Overhead signs on the motorway say junction 24 at Ainley Top will be closed until at least 10:00. | |
'Fully co-operating' | |
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "During a pre-planned policing operation near to the M62 in Huddersfield a police firearm was discharged and a man has died. | A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "During a pre-planned policing operation near to the M62 in Huddersfield a police firearm was discharged and a man has died. |
"An immediate referral has been made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission who are in attendance in West Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Police are fully co-operating with their investigation." | |
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the fact it was part of a planned operation suggested officers had "acted on intelligence rather than responding to an unexpected event". | |
He said it would be the fifth fatal police shooting in England and Wales within nine months and the first involving West Yorkshire Police since December 2010. | He said it would be the fifth fatal police shooting in England and Wales within nine months and the first involving West Yorkshire Police since December 2010. |