BLOOD covers the entrance of a hospital placed on lockdown by police after a suspected targeted attack left a man with serious injuries.

Huddersfield BMI Healthcare, in West Yorks., has declared an 'ongoing major incident' and told patients to stay away after the violent assault in the early hours of this morning.A man was rushed to hospital with multiple injuries after neighbours reported hearing gunshots and someone screaming "he's got a gun," just after midnight.

Police told The Sun Online they have found no evidence of a gun being used but a large cordon remains in place at the private hospital in Birkby.

Blood can be seen on the wall and pavement outside, as well as the main entrance, hours after a resident said they heard two cars crash before the gunshots.
The victim is still in hospital being treated for non-life threatening injuries to his hand.

One Birkby resident said he heard shotgun sounds last night, although this appears to have been hours before police were called.

He said: “We were sat out in the garden around 7.15[pm] and there was two or three shots which were different to any fireworks I’ve ever seen.”

Detective Inspector Mark Atkinson, of Kirklees District CID, said: “Our enquiries are in their early stages but it appears that this was a targeted attack. Neighbourhood officers will be carrying out reassurance patrols in the area.

“We would like to hear from anyone with information about the circumstances of what has happened or those involved.”

A message on the hospital's main phoneline says: "Due to a major incident, the Huddersfield BMI Hospital will be closed until 7am on Thursday August 23.
The woman, who did not want to be named, told the Huddersfield Examiner: “[It] started at around 11.55 last night. Two cars crashed. One man got shot and [was] screaming ‘they have a gun and they want to kill me’. He was screaming for help. Awful.

If you have an urgent clinical query, please call our switchboard on 07824450975.”

An area has been cordoned off since midnight outside the privately run hospital in the Birkby suburb.

One witness said the area was “crawling with police” when she went past at 7.30 this morning.

Patients reported they were contacted in the early hours and told to not come in.

One said: “They rang at about 8am saying police had closed the hospital due to something going on. They wouldn’t say what.

“I was due to be in for 9am so it’s all very last minute. It’s not been re-arranged - they just said they’d be in touch.”

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