A cinema has been placed into lockdown this evening by armed police after reports that a gunman is 'on the loose'.
Armed police swooped in and started escorting families back to their cars at the Showcase Cinema in Norris Green, Liverpool, around 9pm on Wednesday.
Around 20 minutes before there was an incident at a business on nearby Lower House Lane where a firearm was discharged, police said.
Footage shows dozens of armed police cars circling the building on East Lancashire Road, with detectives and forensics arriving on the scene shortly after.
A police helicopter was filmed flying over the area as locals are stay away amid an ongoing 'major incident'.