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| A man is in hospital after being shot by police in Birmingham. | A man is in hospital after being shot by police in Birmingham. |
| A firearm was discharged by an officer at about 9pm on Wednesday, which resulted in one man being taken to hospital, West Midlands police said. Another man was arrested for suspected firearm offences. | |
| The force has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The officer’s body camera was on at the time of the incident. | The force has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The officer’s body camera was on at the time of the incident. |
| The scene of the shooting on Hereford Close in Frankley remained cordoned off on Thursday morning. Residents told the Birmingham Mail they had heard shouting and a loud bang, and there had been a police helicopter overhead. | The scene of the shooting on Hereford Close in Frankley remained cordoned off on Thursday morning. Residents told the Birmingham Mail they had heard shouting and a loud bang, and there had been a police helicopter overhead. |
| “I ran to the front door and saw police cars parked up just yards away,” said one neighbour, who asked not to be named. “There were quite a few officers. An ambulance then arrived. I wasn’t sure what had happened.” | “I ran to the front door and saw police cars parked up just yards away,” said one neighbour, who asked not to be named. “There were quite a few officers. An ambulance then arrived. I wasn’t sure what had happened.” |
| The IPCC said in a statement: “The IPCC was contacted by West Midlands police in relation to a police shooting in Frankley yesterday evening. IPCC investigators were deployed to the scene and the post-incident procedure and an independent investigation was declared.” | The IPCC said in a statement: “The IPCC was contacted by West Midlands police in relation to a police shooting in Frankley yesterday evening. IPCC investigators were deployed to the scene and the post-incident procedure and an independent investigation was declared.” |
| The police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands, David Jamieson, said he was unable to comment on the details of the shooting. | The police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands, David Jamieson, said he was unable to comment on the details of the shooting. |
| He told BBC WM radio: “This incident happened about 12 hours ago and it would be premature for us to start talking about details of the incident. But what we do know is that police were called to a particular event in south Birmingham and unfortunately it ended up with one of the people involved getting shot by a police officer. | He told BBC WM radio: “This incident happened about 12 hours ago and it would be premature for us to start talking about details of the incident. But what we do know is that police were called to a particular event in south Birmingham and unfortunately it ended up with one of the people involved getting shot by a police officer. |
| “There is an independent inquiry that will look into that, but just to put this in context, this is extremely rare, for officers to open fire. In fact, the last time someone was shot by an officer in the West Midlands was actually 17 years ago in June 2000 and it’s been over 20 years since someone was fatally shot by a police officer.” | “There is an independent inquiry that will look into that, but just to put this in context, this is extremely rare, for officers to open fire. In fact, the last time someone was shot by an officer in the West Midlands was actually 17 years ago in June 2000 and it’s been over 20 years since someone was fatally shot by a police officer.” |
| The incident comes days after figures from the IPCC showed that six people were fatally shot by police in the 12 months to March 2017. It was the highest number since records began in 2005 and double that of the previous year. | The incident comes days after figures from the IPCC showed that six people were fatally shot by police in the 12 months to March 2017. It was the highest number since records began in 2005 and double that of the previous year. |