Heavy police presence and cordon outside Portsmouth highrise tower block
Three people have been arrested following reports of a firearm twice being fired from a window of a high-rise tower block in Portsmouth.
Armed police and other officers from Hampshire Constabulary responded to the report of the incident at Wilmcote House in Tyseley Road, Somerstown, at around 5.29pm yesterday (February 28) with a police cordon also put in place in an area outside the flats.
A police spokesperson said that three people, including a teenage boy, remain in custody with what is believed to be an imitation firearm also seized by the Armed Response Vehicle unit.
The said: “A 37-year-old man from Southsea was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A.
“A 38-year-old woman from Portsmouth was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A.
“A 15-year-old boy from Portsmouth was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
“All three remain in police custody at this time. A firearm, believed to be imitation, was also seized from the address.”
Picture/video: Stuart Vaisey