An extensive extensive police cordon is in place on Blackstock Road in Sheffield today after a car was crashed into a Gleadless home, reportedly followed by a firearm discharge.
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00:00Morning Sheffield, it's Alistair from the Sheffield Star. I'm speaking to you from
00:03Blackstock Road where you can see behind me there's a very extensive cordon here
00:06in Gleasless Valley today. This is December the 6th at around 9.45 in the
00:11morning. What we're told is that police arrived here about midnight last night,
00:15not on sirens, but an extensive cordon has been set up in the area. I walked
00:19around and everything from just spare back gardens to footpaths and all sorts
00:24have all been taped off in a cat's cradle of police tape. It's absolutely
00:28everywhere. Including that is that there's a massive closure in place. I've
00:33got Spotswood Road at the bottom of Blackstock Road here all the way up to
00:39Plowright Drive at the very top have all been closed off. A lot of residents say
00:43they can't get out, they can't get their cars out, they've got to go pick up their
00:45children or do the school run and buses have been diverted as well. It's
00:49caused some great disruption. We've been speaking to residents in the area and
00:52it's quite the mystery what this all might be about. The most obvious cause
00:55would be this house that's behind me inside the police cordon that's had some
00:58very extensive damage to it. However, residents have told me that a car was
01:02driven into there two days ago. If this house is to do with it, the damage was
01:07done on the 4th of December at around 7.30 p.m. in the evening, two days ago.
01:12Residents say that as much as that, a car was driven into it and it caused some
01:16extensive damage. It's now boarded up and it's been propped up with these iron
01:20bars you might be able to see behind me. And then the police arrived last night a
01:24full 36 hours after that incident. So if it is related, it's really not obvious.
01:28Other than that, it's a very extensive cordon. We can't see any obvious cause,
01:32although we are speaking to South Yorkshire Police as to what might have
01:35happened here and if anyone's been injured. We'll be able to bring you more
01:38on the story as it happens. But in the meantime, it's a very
01:41disruptive police scene down here in Gleadless Valley that's affecting a lot
01:44of residents and no one seems to know what it might be about.