Armed police were called out to a Farmfoods car park after reports of a shooting in Derby. Alarmed shoppers were evacuated from a nearby B&M store after witnesses heard ''six gunshots'' that are now understood by Derbyshire Police to have came from a police station next door.
Derbyshire Police have confirmed that a man has been taken into hospital after the incident. 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."
Emma Smalley, 28, was doing her shopping in B&M at the time of the alleged shooting' and 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.