UK rail station evacuated in hunt for gunman

York Railway Station in Britain was evacuated and sealed off tonight after a reported sighting of Nathan Wayne Coleman - the …

York Railway Station in Britain was evacuated and sealed off tonight after a reported sighting of Nathan Wayne Coleman - the prime suspect in the hunt for the murder of a traffic policeman who died on December 26th.

Pc Ian Broadhurst was shot and a colleague was injured while on duty in Leeds.

Tonight a North Yorkshire police spokesman said the operation began at 6.32pm and all trains at the station have been stopped.

He said officers were evacuating the station.

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Eyewitnesses at the scene said armed police officers have been deployed as hundreds of passengers wait behind cordons outside the concourse.

PA