'Armed' police called to Doncaster McDonald's after reports of man with 'machine gun'
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Eyewitnesses reported seeing ‘armed police’ and a number of patrol cars descend on the Thorne Road retail park near to Shaw Lane Industrial Estate last night after reports of a man with a ‘machine gun.’
But it seems not all was what it first appeared to be.
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “We were called shortly before 9pm yesterday (7 December) to Thorne Road in the Wheatley Hills area of Doncaster following reports of a man seen with what was believed to be a firearm.
“Officers attended the scene and located the man.
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