A knifeman has died after being shot by police after shoppers reported hearing six gunshots, forcing an evacuation from B&M.
The force said the man was spotted armed with a blade near Ascot Drive Police Station in Derby this morning.
He was rushed to hospital after a firearm was discharged but he was pronounced dead on arrival. Nobody else was hurt and police are working to identify the man and contact his next of kin.
A police spokesperson said: "At 9.55am today, officers reported seeing a man armed with a knife in the secure car park, off Ascot Drive in Derby.
"Armed officers were sent to the scene, and at 10.03am a police firearm was discharged. The man, whose identity is unknown, sustained a gunshot injury and East Midlands Ambulance Service were requested to attend.
"Officers administered first aid until paramedics attended the scene, and he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"Enquiries are ongoing to identify the deceased and his next of kin.
"No officers, staff or other members of the public were injured during the incident.
"A cordon is currently in place and Ascot Drive is currently closed and will remain so for some time while enquiries are ongoing.
Paramedics responded to a "medical emergency" at around 10am this morning, East Midlands Ambulance Service said.
The incident took place outside the city's Ascot Drive police station.
Customers shopping in stores close to the scene heard "six gunshots" ring out this morning, sparking an evacuation of a B&M store.
Aerial images show a shattered glass door at Ascot Drive police station, with medical equipment and clothes left scattered on the pavement.
Derbyshire Police said the incident took place in the grounds of the police station but not inside the building.
A spokesperson also confirmed the injured man was not an officer.
The force tweeted: "Officers are currently in attendance at an incident at #Ascot Drive police station in #Derby. #Ascot Drive is currently closed, and a man has been taken to hospital."
A spokesman for East Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We received a call at 10:03am today, Friday 7 October to a private address in Derby.
"The caller reported a medical emergency. We sent three paramedics in three ambulance cars, a crewed ambulance and the air ambulance was also in attendance.
"We transported one patient to Queen’s Medical Centre via land ambulance."
Emma Smalley, 28, who was shopping in B&M at the time of the "shooting", told DerbyshireLive: "We heard about six massive bangs and didn’t know what it was at the time.
"Everyone got evacuated. I’ve had to leave everything in there.
“I just thought it was banging. I didn’t know whether it was a delivery for B&M or someone in the warehouse. It was noisy.
“It’s quite scary to think that if I’d been any later getting there I could’ve witnessed it. I’ve got a three-year-old with me as well.”
Another witness, Tom Parker, 26, said: "We were in the factory just further down from Ascot Drive and we heard around six gunshots and then came running outside and saw about six to eight police cars came firing past.
"It was pretty scary."
Mum-of-two Joanne Kennedy, 30, said: "I was on my way into the shop when I heard really loud crashes or bangs like beer barrels falling off a lorry.
"A minute or so later the whole place was swarming with cops and sirens blaring. We were all ordered back and told to leave the area.
"It was like something from a movie. I could hear a helicopter coming in and then it was suddenly away again."
