Police are locked in an armed siege with a gunman at a house in West Yorkshire after he opened fire on officers as they attempted to arrest him.
A male PC was hit by a bullet and suffered minor injuries when the 42-year-old man took aim at a number of uniformed officers from his doorstep.
The gunman then returned inside the property, in the village of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, before continuing to fire shots at police.
Teams of armed officers cordoned off the area and surrounded the “isolated” address following the incident late on Monday. Negotiators have been involved in a tense stand-off with the man since.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “Just after 10pm (on Monday) officers attended a domestic address in the Kirkheaton area of Huddersfield to arrest a man following an incident earlier in the day.
“The man produced a gun and fired at the officers. A male officer in his 20s was hit and attended hospital for minor injuries but has since been discharged.
“Armed officers have now surrounded the premises and are trying to resolve the situation peacefully although shots have continually been fired at the officers.”
The spokesman said that no shots had been fired by the police and the gunman posed no “ongoing” risk to the general public.
It is believed he is the only person inside the property and it is not known what type of gun he possesses.
Police attended the address to arrest the man on suspicion of making threats towards another man at a nearby property earlier in the day, the spokesman added.
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