Police fired guns and Taser at man

Jan 9 2009

A man shot by police in response to a domestic disturbance was fired at with four live rounds and a Taser, investigators said.

The 44-year-old man, from West Yorkshire, was hit in the arm and body and remains ill in hospital.

An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation into the incident has begun.

A spokesman for the IPCC said West Yorkshire Police received a 999 call at 12.09am on Friday from a woman who said a man was threatening her.

Firearms officers were deployed and five entered the house. A Taser was used by the officers before they fired their guns.

The man was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary before being transferred to Leeds General Infirmary. He had surgery and his condition has improved.

Police said a sword was recovered from the property, in Whinney Hill Park, Brighouse.

The man was named locally as Bartholomew "Baz" Buckley.

IPCC Commissioner for Yorkshire and Humberside Nicholas Long said: "Our investigation will examine all aspects of this incident from the decision to deploy firearms officers to the events in the house that resulted in the man receiving his injuries.

"Over the weekend our investigators and other experts will continue their work to build as full a picture as possible about the incident."

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