Officers responding to stabbing have objects thrown at them by crowd

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Officers responding to stabbing have objects thrown at them by crowd

A crowd threw objects at officers who had been called to reports of a man believed to have been stabbed and shot.

Date - 3rd June 2021
By - Chloe Livadeas

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