Armed police shoot and injure man

Officers enter the house as an investigation starts into the shooting

A man is seriously ill after being shot by armed police responding to a 999 call at a house in West Yorkshire.

The 44-year-old suffered at least two wounds to his torso and arm in the incident in Whinney Hill Park, Brighouse, just after midnight.

He was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where his condition was said to be "between critical and serious".

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) confirmed it was investigating the incident.

West Yorkshire Police said it could not comment as the matter was being investigated by the IPCC.

'Shocking area'

An IPCC statement said: "West Yorkshire Police firearms officers responded to a 999 call reporting a domestic incident at a house in Whinney Hill Park, Brighouse, at approximately 0010 GMT.

"Following the arrival of the firearms officers there was a disturbance in the house during which a police firearm was discharged."

An IPCC spokesman confirmed that the 999 call had been made by a woman inside the property. He did not know whether anyone else was in the house at the time.

"The man's condition has varied between critical and serious," he said.

An area surrounding the first five houses in Whinney Hill Park was taped off as police guarded the scene.

One neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said she heard a number of shots being fired in the early hours of the morning.

"We heard a few shots being fired, I think, but we thought it was fireworks," she said.

June Moorhouse, 49, who lives in the road behind Whinney Hill Park, said she felt afraid in the area.

She said: "I heard a lot of noise last night, but I didn't go and see what it was.

"This area is rough. I've been trying to get moved.

"There are loads of drug dealers, people out on the street at God knows what hours. It's a shocking area."