People in Liverpool are being told to stay indoors as police hunt a gunman on the loose.
Armed police locked down the Showcase Cinema in Norris Green on Wednesday evening after reports that a man entered with a weapon and aimed it at a receptionist.
Some 20 minutes before, at around 8.40pm, the gunman had gone into nearby newsagents Sangha's on Lower House Lane and opened fire.
No one has been injured, and the public are being urged to stay indoors.
Armed police were still stationed outside the front doors of the Showcase Cinema just after midnight on January 4.