{"id":352301,"date":"2025-08-17T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352301\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:48:11","slug":"armed-police-descend-on-hospital-as-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352301\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police descend on hospital as man arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4_Arrowe-Park-Hospital-incident.jpg\" alt=\"Police at Arrowe Park Hospital today, August 17\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police at Arrowe Park Hospital today, August 17(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man has been arrested at Arrowe Park Hospital after eyewitnesses reported seeing armed police swarming the scene. Police arrived at the hospital in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/upton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Upton<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/wirral\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wirral<\/a>, just after 4pm today, August 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 42-year-old man, formerly from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>, has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Merseyside Police<\/a> said. He remains in police custody to be questioned. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">A police spokesperson <\/a>said: &#8220;A man has been arrested at Arrowe Park Hospital today, Sunday 17 August. Just after 4pm armed officers were at the scene and detained a man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A 42-year-old man formerly from Liverpool has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. He is in police custody to be questioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;No firearm has been found at this time, however police officers are still at the scene carrying out enquiries and there is no risk to the public. 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