Pc killing suspect held

Armed officers swooped on an address in Northumbria at 2am after a tip-off from a member of the public.

Coleman, 37, named by police as the prime suspect for the murder of Pc Ian Broadhurst, is understood to have put up no resistance and no shots were fired. He is believed to have been staying in a bed and breakfast.

West Yorkshire Police said a man in his late thirties had been arrested in connection with the murder of Pc Broadhurst and the attempted murder of Pcs Neil Roper and James Banks. The arrest brings to an end one of the biggest manhunts in Britain and the United States.

Married Pc Broadhurst, 34, from Leeds, died after he was shot on Boxing Day by a man being questioned in his patrol car in Dib Lane, Leeds. Pc Roper, 45, was shot twice and is still in hospital. Pc Banks, 26, was also shot at but was saved by his radio harness.