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Feb 6 • 21:50 UTC • 🇬🇧 UK • Mirror

Gunman threatens to shoot officers in head during tense stand-off with armed police

A man with paranoid schizophrenia, Christopher Swann, engaged in a standoff with police in Cramlington, threatening to shoot officers while armed with a firearm, prompting the involvement of armed police who were authorized to use lethal force if necessary.

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