LONDON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A man died Wednesday morning in an "incident involving police firearms" in Portishead near Bristol, Britian's Avon and Somerset Police said.
Witnesses described seeing a car being stopped on the A369 close to the M5 and officers shot into the vehicle, Sky news reported.
An eyewitness told the BBC that he saw officers firing at the passenger window and dragging a man out of the car.
David Ellison told BBC Radio Bristol he saw officers fire between six and 10 shots through the passenger window using handguns.
"They surrounded it. They shot maybe five, six or 10 times," he said. "Then they dragged a man from the car to resuscitate him. It came off the roundabout towards Portishead and then was boxed in by cars."
Earlier, police said the road had been closed "for some time" and an air ambulance had landed.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said: "This has been a fast-moving incident and is now under investigation by the IPCC."
