Locals describe hearing 'gunshots' after police shoot man dead

The incident took place near London Road at Thetford on Sunday, with officers initially called to reports of a two car crash.

One man, believed to have been the driver of one of the vehicles, left the scene holding what was described as a handgun.

Armed officers attended and shot the suspect a short distance away, before he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics attended both the initial RTC and the subsequent police incident.........

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