A man’s been killed by firearms officers during an incident near Bristol.
The incident happened on the A369 off the M5 at around 9.30am.
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.”
Avon and Somerset Constabulary refused to make any detailed comment on the incident but issued this statement to the media:
“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.
“This has been a fast moving incident and is now under investigation by the IPCC.”
We are investigating an incident involving police firearms this morning on the A369 near Portishead in which a man has died.
— IPCC (@IPCCNews) September 27, 2017
