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Man stable after police shooting Police shooting man is critical
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A man is recovering in hospital after being shot in the stomach by a police officer during an incident at Ebbw Vale, south Wales. A man is in critical condition in hospital after being shot in the stomach by a police officer during an incident at Ebbw Vale, south Wales.
Firearms officers and negotiators went to a house in Moor View, Rassau on Tuesday night after calls claiming a man armed with a gun was inside. The shooting happened after firearms officers and negotiators went to Moor View, Rassau on Tuesday night after claims a man with a gun was inside.
A police officer later fired a shot, wounding a 56-year-old man. At 2310 BST an officer fired a shot, wounding a 56-year-old, who is believed to live in the house.
The man is in a stable condition in Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. Nobody else was injured. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
Gwent Police said the shooting had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in accordance with standard procedures. Nobody else was injured in the incident which began to unfold when firearms officers responded to reports of an armed man inside the semi-detached property at 2200 BST.
Negotiators and firearm officers were called to the scene at around 2200 BST. Gwent Police referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in accordance with standard procedures.
Neighbours in the cul-de-sac just below the main A470 road from Ebbw Vale to Merthyr Tydfil said they did not hear any disturbance. Recently widowed
They said the man was recently widowed and lived in the house with his son in his twenties, while his daughter, a mother-of-three, lived in Ebbw Vale. In a statement, the IPCC said the man, who had been armed, had undergone surgery at Abergavenny's Nevil Hall Hospital where his condition was described as critical.
IPCC Commissioner John Crawley said: "This is a serious incident and we will conduct a thorough and comprehensive independent investigation into the circumstances of this shooting."
Many neighbours in the cul-de-sac just below the main A465 road from Ebbw Vale to Merthyr Tydfil said they were unaware of any disturbance.
They said the man who had been shot was recently widowed and lived in the house with his son in his twenties, while his daughter, a mother-of-three, lived in Ebbw Vale.
They described him as being very pleasant.
An area of the cul-de-sac has been corned off and scenes of crime and forensic officers remain at the scene on Wednesday morning.An area of the cul-de-sac has been corned off and scenes of crime and forensic officers remain at the scene on Wednesday morning.