A bowling alley is in lockdown after it was stormed by a man with a sawn-off shotgun who has taken hostages.
A witness claimed the suspect had ‘two hostages and a shotgun’ during the stand-off at MFA Bowl at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, this afternoon.
Around 30 armed police officers have been spotted at the scene, with all roads around the leisure park closed off.
Around 30 armed police officers have been spotted outside MFA Bowl at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton, Warwickshire this afternoon
MFA Bowl (pictured) sits on Bermuda Park, which also has restaurants and an Odeon cinema
Chris Carpenter wrote on Facebook: ‘[he has] two hostages and a shotgun, just saw him walk a hostage to the door with the shotgun to his head’.
Customers at a nearby Odeon cinema are being kept inside the theatre, as well as families at a nearby soft-play centre, while police assess the scene.
One man said he was with his two young sons when he was told to ‘get the f*** out’ of the bowling alley by the gunman, reports the Coventry Telegraph.
Lloyd Weightman, was with his boys, aged seven and three, when he came out of the changing rooms to find the alley empty – apart from a man holding a sawn-off shotgun.
Left, armed police stand outside the bowling alley and right, roads are blocked around the leisure complex in Nuneaton
Police race to the scene after a man wielding a shotgun took hostages at MFA Mega Bowl
Roads surrounding the leisure park, which also includes a Frankie and Benny’s restaurant, KFC and children’s soft-play centre, have all been closed.
Warwickshire Police said they officers dealing with an ‘ongoing incident’.
More to follow.
Chris Carpenter posted on Facebook that the suspect has ‘two hostages and a shotgun, just saw him walk a hostage to the door with the shotgun to his head’.