A person has been taken to hospital amid a major emergency services response on a Liverpool street.
There is a major emergency services response on North Hill Street in Toxteth, with armed police reportedly on the street and an ambulance service tactical commander among those at the scene.
There are reports a woman may have been injured but this is unconfirmed at this stage - though the ambulance service confirmed they took a person to hospital.
Witness Mohammad Shopon, who lives nearby, spoke to the ECHO from the scene.
He said: "I was outside my house and I heard like a bang, it sounded like fireworks.
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"I walked a little bit further and I saw about seven or eight armed police officers in the street."
An ambulance service spokesperson said: "We attended with a resource from our hazardous area response team, a rapid response vehicle, ambulance, advanced paramedic and tactical commander. We have taken a patient to hospital."
We will have more updates on this breaking news incident on our live blog from the scene.
