Part of city centre remain cordoned off after shots were fired from property in Paradise Square on MondayA street in Oxford’s city centre remained closed on Tuesday morning following a shootout between police and an armed man. Shots were fired from a residential property in Paradise Square and armed response officers returned fire on Monday. Overnight, Thames Valley Police said the closure of Paradise Square, Paradise Street and part of Norfolk Street was likely to have an impact on people travelling to the area on Tuesday morning. Residents of Paradise Square said police had stopped them returning to their homes. “I heard about five gunshots and there was an armed response,” one told Oxford Mail.

Source: The Guardian May 07, 2018 16:54 UTC