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The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Man arrested after shots apparently fired from balcony in Kent

A file photo of homes in the Dockyards area of Chatham, Kent
A file photo of homes in the Dockyards area of Chatham, Kent. The incident happened at a flat in Dock Head Road. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Armed police have arrested a man on suspicion of firearms offence after a person appeared to be seen firing a weapon from a balcony in Chatham in Kent.

Kent police urged the public to stay away from the Dockside area of the town after video appeared to show nine shots being fired from a top-floor balcony.

The force said officers were called at 8.35am on Wednesday to a “disturbance at a flat” in Dock Head Road.

Four armed police officers were seen entering the building and asking men in the block whether the suspect had live rounds.

Later, Kent police said a man in his 30s had been arrested and officers had located four suspected imitation firearms.

A man who filmed the video said: “He’s up there. He’s up there sitting on that yellow thing with a machine gun, a handgun and a rifle.”

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