A WOMAN was found seriously injured after gunshots were reportedly heard near a Lidl in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Armed police swooped in on King Street, where the woman was found unresponsive.
She has since been taken to hospital and no arrests have been made.
A statement from Blackburn and Darwen Police said: “Officers, including armed police, are currently in the King Street area of Blackburn following an incident this afternoon
“Police were called to the area at around 3pm on Sunday following reports of a ‘shooting’.
“We were called at around 3pm to reports a woman had been found unresponsive on King Street, close to Lidl, following gunshots being heard in the area.
“No arrests have been made but an investigation to establish exactly what occurred, and who is responsible, is very much underway.”
Anybody with further information is urged to contact the police on 101, quoting log 817 of May 17.
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