Officers have swarmed a UK street after reports a man was shot in his front garden.
Emergency services are currently at the scene in Quarryside Drive in Kirkby, Merseyside, after the incident.
Local residents say that armed police were in the area earlier this evening, alongside an air ambulance.
Details of the incident have not yet been released by emergency services, but one eyewitness claims that a local resident was “shot” while in his front garden.
Express.co.uk has contacted Merseyside Police and North West Ambulance Service for further information.
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