LIVERPOOL, LONDON : Man shot in chest by armed police at Liverpool house....Neighbour Craig Chadwick said he saw armed police "move in with all the shooting" after seeing "the fella with a knife to his wife's throat".

A man has been shot in the chest by armed police at a house in Liverpool.The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said investigators were at Shellingford Road, Dovecot, after a "non fatal police shooting".

Police have cordoned off the road while an
 investigation into what happened takes place

Neighbour Craig Chadwick said he saw armed police "move in with all the shooting" after seeing "the fella with a knife to his wife's throat". North West Ambulance Service said the "conscious and breathing" man had been taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital.Merseyside Police said no officers had been injured. The IPCC said that following the shooting, it had "declared an independent investigation".'Horrible'Mr Chadwick said he had heard a police negotiator "trying to calm him down, but he was shaking his head at them". He said the moment armed officers entered the house was "horrible". "They had to throw [smoke] bombs into the house and then an ambulance came about half an hour later." more