A man shot by police after reports he was “running around with an axe” in Hull has now died, a police watchdog has said.
The 31-year-old man was shot and injured by police in the city centre as streets were placed on lockdown amid fears for the public’s safety.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission confirmed the man, who has not been named, died in hospital shortly after he was shot by Humberside Police officers on Tuesday morning.
IPCC associate commissioner Tom Milson said their thoughts are with the man’s friends and family.
Witnesses at the scene described seeing an injured man with an axe in the street after hearing what sounded like gunshots.
Others described seeing the man on the floor “with blood gushing out of him”.
In a statement issued before the man died, the IPCC said: "At this stage, the IPCC understands that officers fired more than one shot at the man, at around 9.35am, on Francis Street. During the incident Taser was also discharged by police."
Armed police were deployed to Holderness Road. The shooting took place nearer to the city centre.
