Sussex Police shot Seaford man three times, Independent Police Complaints Commission reveals

3:11pm Friday 21st September 2012 in News By Ben Parsons, Crime Reporter

Police work at the scene in North Way Police work at the scene in North Way

Sussex Police shot a 62-year-old man three times and fired four plastic bullets at the end of an armed siege in Seaford, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has revealed.

Armed officers surrounded the home of Paul Allwright in North Way on Saturday night after his wife told them he had a gun.

He emerged with a shotgun shortly before 1am and was shot twice in the torso and once in the leg by police.

The IPCC, which is investigating the shooting, confirmed a shotgun found at the scene had been fired once.

Mr Allwright remains in a critical but stable condition at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Commissioner Mike Franklin said yesterday: "The police officers involved have provided the IPCC with their initial accounts of the incident and our investigators have spent the last few days obtaining statements from witnesses.

"Our investigation, which is in the very early stages, will scrutinise the actions and decision making of Sussex Police, including the initial 999 call, the deployment of armed officers and the negotiation process over a number of hours leading up to and including the shooting.

"An IPCC family liaison manager is in contact with the man’s family.”

Sussex Police's major crime detectives are treating the incident as an attempted murder of police officers.

Comments(9)

greeg2 says...
11:15pm Fri 21 Sep 12

It's all coming out now,"The IPCC, which is investigating the shooting, confirmed a shotgun found at the scene had been fired once,"what 3 weeks before the incident !

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AmboGuy says...
12:03am Sat 22 Sep 12

greeg2 wrote:
It's all coming out now,"The IPCC, which is investigating the shooting, confirmed a shotgun found at the scene had been fired once,"what 3 weeks before the incident !
??? Sorry your post makes no sense at all. What point are you trying to make?

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john5001 says...
9:34am Sat 22 Sep 12

thats how it should happen when you point a gun at a police man, you get shot.

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greeg2 says...
10:23am Sat 22 Sep 12

AmboGuy wrote:
greeg2 wrote: It's all coming out now,"The IPCC, which is investigating the shooting, confirmed a shotgun found at the scene had been fired once,"what 3 weeks before the incident !
??? Sorry your post makes no sense at all. What point are you trying to make?
The point's very simple,he didn't fire the gun on the day the cops shot him dead.

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AmboGuy says...
11:24am Sat 22 Sep 12

greeg2 wrote:
AmboGuy wrote:
greeg2 wrote: It's all coming out now,"The IPCC, which is investigating the shooting, confirmed a shotgun found at the scene had been fired once,"what 3 weeks before the incident !
??? Sorry your post makes no sense at all. What point are you trying to make?
The point's very simple,he didn't fire the gun on the day the cops shot him dead.
Erm still not getting it , sorry!! You don't have to fire your gun to get shot by the police.

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greeg2 says...
11:45am Sat 22 Sep 12

AmboGuy wrote:
greeg2 wrote:
AmboGuy wrote:
greeg2 wrote: It's all coming out now,"The IPCC, which is investigating the shooting, confirmed a shotgun found at the scene had been fired once,"what 3 weeks before the incident !
??? Sorry your post makes no sense at all. What point are you trying to make?
The point's very simple,he didn't fire the gun on the day the cops shot him dead.
Erm still not getting it , sorry!! You don't have to fire your gun to get shot by the police.
You obviously haven't read the bit where it says "shootout".If you can't understand the point now,I'm sure there's an adult you could ask to explain it to you.

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AmboGuy says...
12:24pm Sat 22 Sep 12

Well I think you might have to as I can't see the word 'shootout' anywhere in this story. Maybe you could point it out to me?

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greeg2 says...
12:38pm Sat 22 Sep 12

AmboGuy wrote:
Well I think you might have to as I can't see the word 'shootout' anywhere in this story. Maybe you could point it out to me?
http://www.theargus.
co.uk/news/9939847.P
olice_shoot_out_man_
kept_under_sedation/
?cmpid=cmt

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AmboGuy says...
12:48pm Sat 22 Sep 12

Hmm I think you're supposed to actually put your comment under the right headline. Still it's good to see you basing your whole argument on an Argus headline - I'm sure that's 100% accurate anyway.

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