Portishead shooting: Man dies after police surround car

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Portishead shooting: Man dies after police surround car

A man has died in a "police shooting" involving a car near the M5 motorway in the Bristol area.
The incident happened on the Portbury Hundred (A369) near junction 19 for Portishead at around 09:30 BST.
One eyewitness told the BBC he saw officers firing at the passenger window and dragging a man out the car.
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the fatality and has referred the shooting to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Latest updates from the scene
The force said it was not terror-related.
David Ellison told BBC Radio Bristol he saw officers fire between six and 10 shots through the passenger window using handguns.
"They surrounded it. They shot maybe five, six or ten times," he said.
"Then they dragged a man from the car to resuscitate him.
"It came off the roundabout towards Portishead and then was boxed in by cars."
The BBC's Jon Kay, who is at the scene, said there was a red car with smashed windows visible behind the police cordon.
A police spokesman said: "We can confirm a man died earlier this morning in an incident involving police firearms on The Portbury Hundred (A369) in Portishead.
"We have referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission."
An air ambulance is at the scene along with Great Western Ambulance's critical care team.
The Portbury Hundred links the M5 motorway to the town of Portishead, to the west of Bristol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41415223

David Ellison told the broadcaster: “Several police vehicles surrounded the car and I saw two police officers fire five, six, maybe 10 shots through the passenger window.

A car being photographed by police appeared to be an older model red Suzuki Swift hatchback.

The BBC reported it was this vehicle that had been surrounded by marked and unmarked police cars at about 9.30am before the shooting is said to have taken place.

Question is ... why open fire if they have the car surrounded ?????
The car is boxed in.... Were the occupants armed ????
Why were armed Police chasing this car in the first place ???

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Eye witness account

Eyewitness said he saw police back away from car

An eyewitness claimed he saw police shoot into a car that had been stopped.

David Ellison told BBC Radio Bristol: “As I came out of Portishead to join the motorway I got stopped. Ahead of me were police in the road.

“I saw them back off from a car and then they surrounded it. They maybe shot with handguns five, six, maybe 10 times.

“Then they dragged a man from the car to resuscitate him.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bristol-police-shooting-a369-armed-officers-fire-car-portishead-somerset-a7969616.html

http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/gunshots-heard-near-portishead-live-540184

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A man has died in a "police shooting" involving a car near the M5 motorway in the Bristol area.
The incident happened on the Portbury Hundred (A369) near junction 19 for Portishead at about 09:30 BST.
One eyewitness told the BBC he saw officers firing at the passenger window and dragging a man out the car.
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the fatality and has referred the shooting to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

If they dragged a man from the drivers side of the car why is the body lying on the floor on the passenger side ???  you can see in image 2

a description on a You tube video has the man at the front of the red vehicle with a blanket over him...

But the second image I have attached has the man to the side nearer the black car... was there more than one person in the car ???

Pictures from the scene show a man lying face-up on the road covered in a bloodied blanket in front of a red car, which is riddled with bullet holes.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/portishead-shooting-police-fire-10-shots-car-m5-110600858.html


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41415223

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVVHra4YmLo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM9kq61YcEk

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I like to document things.. before they go walkies ...

Quote from BBC News on youtube... The reporter says :

We have the air ambulance , we have the ambulance vehicles rushed here very very quickly, within a couple of minutes of this car being surrounded

I know I'm a bit of a sceptic... But unless you knew you were going to shoot someone how can an ambulance turn up in a couple of minutes ????

Another report.... transcript: (The voice of David Ellison, eye witness)..

I came up to erm.. officers on the dual carriage way this morning, stopping the traffic , I erm..
I didn't think much of it at first, and then I saw them step back from a vehicle.. Erm and they aimed and shot maybe 5/ 6 times into a smallish vehicle, erm and then, removed the guy from the vehicle.

Someone came with a crash kit, thats about where it ended really , we got turned round , the vehicles then but erm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9hhq6k0uc

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/859368/bristol-shooting-police-incident-Portbury-Hundred-Avon-and-Somerset-police



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I'll start asking now ... why 2 Forensic tents ?????



Where there two people in this car ????

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[John]

Police shoot man several times after bringing mobile pursuit to an end.

 An overhead image of the scene.

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Why have they removed the mans trousers ??????

Which are also visible in your picture John???


Also what is this item on the road i have circled in image 3: ???

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[John]

Why have they removed the mans trousers ??????

Which are also visible in your picture John???


Also what is this item on the road i have circled in image 3: ???

He is still wearing grey jogger bottoms and trainers in your earlier pic.

Also notice the handgun sitting on top of the red car.

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He is still wearing grey jogger bottoms and trainers in your earlier pic.

Also notice the handgun sitting on top of the red car.

I had noticed that too John...  But then I wondered if it was The blanket??

So who's are the black trousers ???

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There is also a white stick with a hat next to it on the floor near the drivers door ....


What the Yellow and Green thing to the front left of the car ????

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Another overhead shot...

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Journalists all lined up at the scene...

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Forensic tent to the right...

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We have 3 items next to the forensic tent, which is next to the black Police Car...

(1): pair of trousers

(2): Brown shoes ?? (not sure )

(3): Another gun ?? ( again not sure )

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Police Officer stood with Fire Arm to his side ..


http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/gallery/pictured-car-peppered-bullet-holes-541065

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Live Reporting

Posted at 15:17
SHARED'Were police acting under shoot-to-kill policy?'
Keeping across the police firearms incident as the story develops is BBC West's Home Affairs Correspondent Charlotte Callen.

Here she outlines the police policy on the use of firearms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-bristol-41398093?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=59cbaa3de4b018ca0e665c57%26%27Were%20police%20acting%20under%20shoot-to-kill%20policy%3F%27%26&ns_fee=0#post_59cbaa3de4b018ca0e665c57

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