Bedfordshire sschool in lockdown after reported shooting sparks manhunt

Police are searching for the occupants of a vehicle after reports of gunshots in Leighton Buzzard prompted armed officers to respond. A nearby lower school was put into lockdown as a precaution, and police said a strong presence would remain while they carried out initial enquiries.

The incident was reported on Grebe Drive shortly before 3.30pm on Wednesday, 4 November. Police pursued a vehicle to Porz Avenue in Dunstable, where it collided with another car; its occupants ran away on foot and one man was treated for minor injuries. Greenleas School said it would open as normal the following day, and police asked anyone with information to quote Operation Tanglewood when contacting 999.