Police rush to ‘fight with weapons’ in Leeds - as statement issued
Police descended on Holbeck after a ‘fight involving weapons’ was reported yesterday.
Armed police rushed on a street in Leeds after reports of a ‘fight with weapons’.
The dramatic scene took place in the Holbeck area of the city on Wednesday (April 15). No injuries have been reported following the incident in Colenso Place.
Enquiries into the reported fight are ongoing, West Yorkshire Police have said.
A spokesperson for the force said: “At 1.29pm yesterday (April 15) officers were called to Colenso Place, Leeds to reports of an ongoing fight involving weapons.
“Armed Police were deployed. No injuries have been reported and enquiries are ongoing.”
It is the latest incident to involve the deployment of armed police in Leeds this week. Officers swooped on The Headrow 24 hours earlier to make an arrest as part of an investigation into a shooting at a football pitch in West Yorkshire earlier in April.