A MAN needed surgery after being shot by police in Bromsgrove.
The incident happened at around 1.44am this morning (Sunday, November 4) in Birmingham Road.
Armed police attended after police received a report of a man with a handgun in School Lane.
The man, believed to be aged 53, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he underwent surgery.
His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
No one else was injured during the incident.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).
West Mercia Police Assistant Chief Constable Martin Evans said: "It is standard procedure that incidents of this nature are referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct and we will now work with them as they carry out their enquiries."
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