UK rail station evacuated in hunt for gunman

York Railway Station in Britain was evacuated and sealed off tonight after a reported sighting of Nathan Wayne Coleman - the …

York Railway Station in Britain was evacuated and sealed off tonight after a reported sighting of Nathan Wayne Coleman - the prime suspect in the hunt for the murder of a traffic policeman who died on December 26th.

Pc Ian Broadhurst was shot and a colleague was injured while on duty in Leeds.

Tonight a North Yorkshire police spokesman said the operation began at 6.32pm and all trains at the station have been stopped.

He said officers were evacuating the station.

Eyewitnesses at the scene said armed police officers have been deployed as hundreds of passengers wait behind cordons outside the concourse.

PA

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