Blackstock Road: Extensive police cordon after car crashes into Sheffield house followed by reported firearm discharge

The Star, Sheffield

An extensive extensive police cordon is in place on Blackstock Road in Sheffield today after a car was crashed into a Gleadless home, reportedly followed by a firearm discharge.

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00:00Morning Sheffield, it's Alistair from the Sheffield Star. I'm speaking to you from

00:03Blackstock Road where you can see behind me there's a very extensive cordon here

00:06in Gleasless Valley today. This is December the 6th at around 9.45 in the

00:11morning. What we're told is that police arrived here about midnight last night,

00:15not on sirens, but an extensive cordon has been set up in the area. I walked

00:19around and everything from just spare back gardens to footpaths and all sorts

00:24have all been taped off in a cat's cradle of police tape. It's absolutely

00:28everywhere. Including that is that there's a massive closure in place. I've

00:33got Spotswood Road at the bottom of Blackstock Road here all the way up to

00:39Plowright Drive at the very top have all been closed off. A lot of residents say

00:43they can't get out, they can't get their cars out, they've got to go pick up their

00:45children or do the school run and buses have been diverted as well. It's

00:49caused some great disruption. We've been speaking to residents in the area and

00:52it's quite the mystery what this all might be about. The most obvious cause

00:55would be this house that's behind me inside the police cordon that's had some

00:58very extensive damage to it. However, residents have told me that a car was

01:02driven into there two days ago. If this house is to do with it, the damage was

01:07done on the 4th of December at around 7.30 p.m. in the evening, two days ago.

01:12Residents say that as much as that, a car was driven into it and it caused some

01:16extensive damage. It's now boarded up and it's been propped up with these iron

01:20bars you might be able to see behind me. And then the police arrived last night a

01:24full 36 hours after that incident. So if it is related, it's really not obvious.

01:28Other than that, it's a very extensive cordon. We can't see any obvious cause,

01:32although we are speaking to South Yorkshire Police as to what might have

01:35happened here and if anyone's been injured. We'll be able to bring you more

01:38on the story as it happens. But in the meantime, it's a very

01:41disruptive police scene down here in Gleadless Valley that's affecting a lot

01:44of residents and no one seems to know what it might be about.

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