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09/01/2009
Man In Hospital After Police Shooting
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by police in West Yorkshire.
The 44-year-old man is being treated in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for gunshot wounds, police have said.
Firearms officers responded to a 999 call reporting an incident at a house in Brighouse, near Halifax, west Yorkshire, just after midnight.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) spokesman confirmed it is investigating the circumstances of the incident.
"West Yorkshire Police firearms officers responded to a 999 call reporting a domestic incident at a house in Whinney Hill Park, Bridghouse at approximately 0010 GMT," an IPCC statement read.
"Following the arrival of the firearms officers there was a disturbance in the house during which a police firearm was discharged."
(JM/BMcC)
The 44-year-old man is being treated in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for gunshot wounds, police have said.
Firearms officers responded to a 999 call reporting an incident at a house in Brighouse, near Halifax, west Yorkshire, just after midnight.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) spokesman confirmed it is investigating the circumstances of the incident.
"West Yorkshire Police firearms officers responded to a 999 call reporting a domestic incident at a house in Whinney Hill Park, Bridghouse at approximately 0010 GMT," an IPCC statement read.
"Following the arrival of the firearms officers there was a disturbance in the house during which a police firearm was discharged."
(JM/BMcC)
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