Hostage taking pensioner shot dead by Sussex police
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A man in his 60s has been shot dead by police after holding his wife hostage at gunpoint in the retirement flats where they resided.
Armed officers raced to Fernhurst, West Sussex's village of the year 2007, just before lunchtime today.
According to the AP, some guy at the local pub said the following: "I was told there was a hostage situation and it was an elderly man with an ill wife. Apparently he was armed and would not let anyone come near."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the shooting.
Armed officers raced to Fernhurst, West Sussex's village of the year 2007, just before lunchtime today.
According to the AP, some guy at the local pub said the following: "I was told there was a hostage situation and it was an elderly man with an ill wife. Apparently he was armed and would not let anyone come near."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the shooting.
