{"id":403132,"date":"2025-09-06T17:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403132\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:01:12","slug":"armed-officers-surround-police-station-after-man-walks-in-with-crossbow-and-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403132\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed officers surround police station after man walks in with crossbow and hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was later arrested in connection with the incident<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Birkenhead-police-stationJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Birkenhead Police Station on Mortimer Street\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Birkenhead Police Station on Mortimer Street(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Armed officers surrounded a police station after a man was spotted with a crossbow and hammer. Emergency services were called to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/birkenhead\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birkenhead<\/a> Police Station on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/230000-plot-exposed-because-someone-32399764\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mortimer Street at around 2pm on Saturday, September 6.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It followed a report a man was in the foyer of the police station carrying a hammer and a crossbow. <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 no threats were made and no injuries were sustained. Pictures of the scene taken by eyewitnesses and shared on social media showed armed police surrounding the building with their guns drawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The officers were outside facing the police station. Several police cars could also be seen in the area. 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