A man is in critical condition after being shot by police in Hull.
Humberside Police said armed officers were called to Hessle Road, in the city, in the early hours of Sunday morning following reports of a man with a gun.
Nobody else was injured during the incident and the man is currently in hospital receiving treatment.
Assistant Chief Constable Paul Anderson said: “Officers were deployed to the area after a report was received that a man was in the street and believed to be in possession of a firearm.
“The man was shot by police during the incident and is currently in hospital in a critical condition. There were no other injuries sustained by anyone.”
A 100-metre section of Hessle Road – one of the busiest routes in Hull – was cordoned off, with a large number of police vehicles and officers still in the area on Sunday morning.
White-suited forensics officers were working around a blue tent, which officers have erected in the middle of the road, and also a grey BMW four wheel drive vehicle which was parked in the city-bound side of the street.
Two traditional police helmets have also been left in the middle of the road, highlighted with yellow forensic markers, as well as paramedics’ equipment.
One of the forensics officers was paying particular attention to an ATM in one of the shops close to the where the BMW had stopped.
The cash machine is between a newsagents and a sex shop on a parade of stores. which are about half a mile from Hull city centre.
Anderson also confirmed that a mandatory referral had been made to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.