Negotiators called in as ‘man in distress’ locked in house refuses to …

Police, firefighters and paramedics have flooded a Stoke-on-Trent street as a 'man in distress' remains locked in a Stoke-on-Trent property - and is refusing to come out. Staffordshire Police[1] officers armed with shields - and some emergency service workers carrying what appears to be climbing gear - are currently in Nash Peak Street, Tunstall[2].

West Midlands Ambulance Service's[3] Hazardous Area Response Team has also been scrambled to the scene, along with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service[4]. The road is taped off, with several police and ambulance service vehicles parked up.

A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said specialist negotiators were speaking to the man in a bid to get him out of the terraced house safely. The alarm was raised at around 10am - and officers have now been at the scene more than six hours today, September 28.

The spokesperson said: "We are currently at the scene of an ongoing incident at a property on Nash Peake Street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. We were called to the address shortly after 10am this morning (28 September) following reports of a man in distress.

A police incident in Nash Peak Street, Tunstall. Officers at the scene.

"The man has refused to leave the address. Specially trained negotiators are currently at the scene alongside colleagues from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service."

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We are currently at the scene of an incident at a private address on Nash Peake Street in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent following a call from police at around 2.20pm. A paramedic officer and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team are currently in attendance."

One eye-witness said this morning: "There are police everywhere. There is an ongoing incident. There have been five police cars and a police van."

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References

  1. ^ Staffordshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
  2. ^ Nash Peak Street, Tunstall (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
  3. ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service's (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
  4. ^ Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
  5. ^ Police armed with shields as Stoke-on-Trent street taped off (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
  6. ^ Coked-up takeaway driver mows down dad, 32, and leaves him for dead on City Road (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
  7. ^ COURT AND CRIME NEWSLETTER: Sign up for email (data.reachplc.com)
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