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A police officer has died after being shot at a property in Shropshire where a man in his 30s was found dead.A police officer has died after being shot at a property in Shropshire where a man in his 30s was found dead.
West Mercia Police said officers were called to a domestic incident in New Park Road, in the Castlefields area of Shrewsbury at 0610 BST on Sunday.West Mercia Police said officers were called to a domestic incident in New Park Road, in the Castlefields area of Shrewsbury at 0610 BST on Sunday.
They were confronted by a man with a firearm and a police constable was shot. He was taken to hospital but pronounced dead shortly after.They were confronted by a man with a firearm and a police constable was shot. He was taken to hospital but pronounced dead shortly after.
A man, who has yet to be identified, was found dead and a firearm recovered.A man, who has yet to be identified, was found dead and a firearm recovered.
POLICE MEMORIAL ROLL 1994 - Pc Lewis Fulton. Knifed while responding to a 999 call in Glasgow1997 - Pc Nina Mackay. Stabbed to death in Stratford, east London1999 - Pc Raja Ahmed. Killed by car thief in Manchester2001 - Pc Alison Armitage. Run over by a car thief in Oldham, Greater Manchester2003 - Pc Stephen Oake. Died of stab wounds during an anti-terror raid in Manchester2003 - Pc Ian Broadhurst. Shot after stopping a motorist in Leeds on Boxing Day2005 - Pc Sharon Beshenivsky. Shot dead as she arrives at a robbery scene in Bradford2007 - Unnamed male Pc. Shot dead in Shrewsbury while attending a domestic incident. Killed in the line of duty
No-one else was injured. Officers say they are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.No-one else was injured. Officers say they are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
I looked out of the window and there were armed police swarming all over the place Tony RobinsonLocal resident Chief Constable Paul West said: "The thoughts of everyone are with the family of our officer and others affected by this incident at this desperately sad time.
A statement read: "We can confirm two people died in this incident and the Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed." "A thorough investigation into all the circumstances surrounding this incident will be carried out in close consultation with the IPCC."
The coroner has also been alerted.The coroner has also been alerted.
People living nearby reported hearing shouting and two loud bangs.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. Neighbour Richard Duggan said he came out of his flat and was told to take shelter by police.
"I can't tell you what exactly has happened because obviously I want to be entirely accurate. "I ran down the back alleyway and there was an adjoining alleyway and we saw more armed police officers turn up," he said.
"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." "The police were in full control and they kept everybody back and after a short while an ambulance reversed up on to the path and we saw the shot police officer being lifted into the ambulance."
Tony Robinson, a newsagent's relief manager, said: "I looked out of the window and there were armed police swarming all over the place."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.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. Another resident who gave her name as Emma said: "I saw the police run out of North Park Road and they just said to everybody to stay in their house that there's a gun man on the loose and that's when a boy up the road said that there was a body bag brought out."
"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.
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"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.
He added that a police officer being killed would be something the commission would be called into investigate.