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| Police officer killed in shooting | |
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| A police officer has been shot dead and another person killed at a property in Shropshire. | |
| West Mercia Police said officers were called to an address in New Park Road, in the Castlefields area of Shrewsbury at 0610 BST on Sunday. | West Mercia Police said officers were called to an address in New Park Road, in the Castlefields area of Shrewsbury at 0610 BST on Sunday. |
| A statement read: "We can confirm two people died in this incident and the Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed." | |
| People living nearby reported hearing shouting and two loud bangs. | |
| Speaking on the BBC Politics Show, Home Secretary John Reid said: "We are trying to confirm the details. | |
| I looked out of the window and there were armed police swarming all over the place Tony RobinsonLocal resident | |
| "I can't tell you what exactly has happened because obviously I want to be entirely accurate. | |
| "The only thing I would say is this - day in and day out I know from personal experience the risk to life and limb that is taken by those who serve in our police service." | |
| Tony Robinson, a newsagent's relief manager, said: "I looked out of the window and there were armed police swarming all over the place." | |
| Mr Robinson said the road was a normal, suburban street, with a mix of terraced, semi-detached and detached homes. | |
| Jan Almark, whose husband runs a building yard near the scene, said the shooting took place in a flat development. | |
| "My husband was going to work this morning but the police stopped him at the end of the road and said he couldn't go through," she said. | |
| Police watchdog | |
| "He was told two people had been shot but the police were being very tight-lipped about what had happened. | |
| "It happened in a set of flats next to a car park for the shopping centre." | |
| The IPCC said it was sending an investigator to assess the scene. | The IPCC said it was sending an investigator to assess the scene. |
| A spokesman said something of a "serious nature" must have happened for the IPCC to have received a referral. | A spokesman said something of a "serious nature" must have happened for the IPCC to have received a referral. |
| He added that a police officer being killed would be something the commission would be called into investigate. | He added that a police officer being killed would be something the commission would be called into investigate. |
| West Mercia Police are expected to release more details later. | West Mercia Police are expected to release more details later. |