«Breaking News» Kensington Church Street closed off as man threatens police with gun

Armed police have surrounded a house in west London after a man in his 30s threatened police with a gun when they tried to arrest him.  

Officers closed off Kensington Church Street and evacuated pedestrians from the area following the incident which began at around 3.40pm today. 

A negotiator is at the scene talking to the man who is believed to be a resident in the building. The stand-off has been going for more than five hours. 

One eye witness told MailOnline he had seen 'two firearms officers running around' and another said that officers with protective shields had been seen heading towards a property nearby. 

An officer at the scene told MailOnline the suspected gunman was in the top floor flat, seen above with windows overlooking Kensington Church Street

Police, pictured, have surrounded a house in Kensington, west London, after a man in his 30s who claimed to have a gun barricaded himself inside

After pedestrians were cleared from the street armed police started arriving at the scene

A helicopter was seen hovering overhead for around 20 minutes but left the area at around 5.30pm, when three ambulances arrived at the scene.

One bystander said: 'I was actually in Vicarage Court, [the building opposite the alleged gunman's location] at about 3.30pm, and I went to leave at ten past four.

'I walked out the front door and was told by police "you can't go up the hill, you can't go that way".

'Over the course of the next hour and twenty minutes we've been pushed further and further down the street.

'I saw two sergeants all in black wearing baseball caps, they looked like armed police, run across the road.'

As more police arrived on the scene pedestrians were pushed further south towards the junction with Kensington High Street. 

One officer told MailOnline the public were being moved 'because you're in the sight line of the building'. 

He said the suspect was in one of the top floor flats with open windows overlooking the street.

A helicopter was seen hovering overhead for around 20 minutes but left the area at around 5.30pm, when three ambulances arrived at the scene

Pictured: armed police make their way to the address in Vicarage Gate, off Kensington Church Street, where a man had barricaded himself inside claiming he was armed

Residents were reportedly evacuated from the building as armed police entered

Officers have closed off Kensington Church Street and told pedestrians to leave the area 

Several more cars and vans full of officers arrived at the scene and pedestrians were moved further away from the building

One man at the scene who was speaking on the phone to his brother, who lives in the building, said residents had been told to evacuate.

A Metropolitan police spokesperson said: 'Police attended an address in Vicarage Gardens W8 at 15:42hrs on Wednesday, 27 March in relation to an arrest enquiry. 

'A male in his 30s at the address threatened officers and said he had a firearm. He then barricaded himself inside the property. 

'Kensington Church Street and Kensington High Street northbound are currently closed while officers deal with the situation. A police negotiator is on route.' 

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We were called at 3:57pm today to reports of an incident on Kensington Church Street, Kensington.

'We sent an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and a single responder in a car to the scene.

'We are working closely with other members of the emergency services and remain at the scene.' 

Residents who are unable to get into their homes are being encouraged to go to the nearby townhall.

A tweet from the borough of Kensington and Chelsea said: 'Any residents displaced from their homes by the police incident off Kensington Church Street can come to Kensington Town Hall on Hornton Street where the council is opening a rest centre.'

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Main photo article Armed police have surrounded a house in west London after a man in his 30s threatened police with a gun when they tried to arrest him.  
Officers closed off Kensington Church Street and evacuated pedestrians from the area following the incident which began at around 3.40pm today. 
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