Armed police surround city centre store in hunt for gunman (From Daily Echo)
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Armed police surround TK Maxx after reports of gun man in Southampton city centre
7:00am Friday 22nd February 2013 in News
Armed police surround city centre store in hunt for gunman
ARMED officers swooped on Southampton city centre after reports of a man wielding a gun.
Police units surrounded TK Maxx in the High Street following a call from a member of the public who claimed to have spotted two men arguing in Brinton’s Road, one of who was holding a handgun.
A man matching that description was seen going into the fashion store but when officers swooped, they discovered that the man had nothing to do with the earlier incident.
Armed units then headed to Brinton’s Road, where the argument happened at 4.30pm yesterday, and cordoned off the area before detaining a man.
It was unclear last night whether he had been armed.
Chief Inspector Duncan Weston, of Hampshire police, said: “The man is now helping us with our enquiries.”
Comments(13)
BikerNick
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12:09pm Fri 22 Feb 13
simaster
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12:14pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Outside of the Box
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12:38pm Fri 22 Feb 13
BikerNick wrote:Oh I am, been there once many moons ago, never again
Just be grateful this isn't the Bronx. You'd get this sort of thing about ten times a day.
MGRA
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2:23pm Fri 22 Feb 13
SotonLad
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2:43pm Fri 22 Feb 13
BikerNick wrote:I understand it happens more than we know - only a handful of incident make it to the press.
Just be grateful this isn't the Bronx. You'd get this sort of thing about ten times a day.
sotonbev
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5:47pm Fri 22 Feb 13
MGRA wrote:How many people would you like to call the police then, if you needed to call the police for whatever would you get others to call aswell, I doubt it.
so armed police cause havoc on the say so of a single member of the public.... spendid....
bigfella777
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6:13pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Outside of the Box wrote:Have a look at the on street gun battle that happened in Miami this week, fast cars, machine guns, fireballs and bodies everywhere, like a real life Bad Boys film.
After reading about the stabbing of 2 young men and armed officers rushing to a man reported to be wielding a gun, for a moment I thought I was reading the New York Times and this was happening in the Bronx not the Echo and our city centre, what is the world coming to?
OSPREYSAINT
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7:50pm Fri 22 Feb 13
MGRA wrote:spendid? Has your medication worn off, you don't normally make these errors, now on two posts at least you are making errors.
so armed police cause havoc on the say so of a single member of the public.... spendid....
It is obvious that the Police have a standard response to certain incidents, it may seem over the top but they have no choice, you would be the first to crticise if it all went pear shaped.
mr pops
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8:44pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Outside of the Box wrote:I thought ur name was called outside the box
After reading about the stabbing of 2 young men and armed officers rushing to a man reported to be wielding a gun, for a moment I thought I was reading the New York Times and this was happening in the Bronx not the Echo and our city centre, what is the world coming to?
mr pops
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8:49pm Fri 22 Feb 13
J.P.M wrote:U took the words right out of my mouth
Moaning
Granny
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Portswood
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7:34am Sat 23 Feb 13
One of *whom*. Tsk, tsk. See me after class. That's you, unnamed reporter, and the subeditor!
kingnotail
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8:37pm Sat 23 Feb 13
Outside of the Box wrote:New York cleaned its act up years ago. Unlike Southampton.
After reading about the stabbing of 2 young men and armed officers rushing to a man reported to be wielding a gun, for a moment I thought I was reading the New York Times and this was happening in the Bronx not the Echo and our city centre, what is the world coming to?
Outside of the Box says...
9:07am Fri 22 Feb 13