South Yorkshire Police said, in a new statement posted online last night: “As officers\u2019 efforts in negotiating with a an in Sheffield to bring an incident to a safe close continues, we continuing to ask for the public\u2019s support.<\/p>\n
“Our officers have been on scene on Broad Street in Sheffield for over 24 hours after we were called following concerns for a man inside a property, who is alleged to be in possession of weapons and a risk to himself.<\/p>\n
“Residents from a residential apartment block were evacuated from their properties and remain evacuated at this time.<\/p>\n
“This evening, officers have been able to gain access to the building and have been able to reunite some pets with their owners while our work continues.<\/p>\n
“Officers are working to reunite the others and ensure that they are cared for during this time.<\/p>\n
“The Sheffield Parkway remains closed in both directions between Park Square roundabout and Derek Dooley Way.<\/p>\n
“Trams and public transport continue to be affected.<\/p>\n
Those evacuated are all cared for and being accommodated with families and friends or in nearby facilities.<\/p>\n
“We continue to thank you for your on-going support. We understand the disruption this incident is having in our communities, including those affected by the evacuation, road closures and those concerned for loved ones in the area.<\/p>\n
“We continue to strive to keep you regularly updated and the latest information will continue to be shared on our website and Facebook page.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Yorkshire Police said, in a new statement posted online last night: “As officers\u2019 efforts in negotiating with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,59158,1620,59155,59157,16,15,59156],"class_list":{"0":"post-134778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-lewisham-armed-response","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-evacuation","14":"tag-south-yorkshire-police","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-weapons-incident"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114577433151009410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}