{"id":475532,"date":"2026-03-14T16:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/475532\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:39:09","slug":"armed-police-called-to-newcastle-park-in-major-emergency-response-to-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/475532\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police called to Newcastle park in major emergency response to incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

A patient has been taken to hospital as a huge emergency response descended on Leazes Park on Friday evening<\/p>\n

12:14, 14 Mar 2026Updated 12:21, 14 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

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Leazes Park in Newcastle saw a large 999 response to an incident on Friday night(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)<\/p>\n

A person has been taken to hospital after an major incident in a Newcastle park on Friday night. A huge emergency service response including the North East Ambulance Service and armed police were called to the scene at Leazes Park shortly after 9pm.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness told ChronicleLive more than half a dozen officers were seen entering the popular city centre park before paramedics arrived. Officers carrying guns also attended the scene.<\/p>\n

One patient has been hospitalised with the injuries they sustained. The nature of the incident has not yet been disclosed.<\/p>\n

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 9.10pm on Friday 13 March to reports of an incident in the Leazes Park area of Newcastle.<\/p>\n

“We dispatched two ambulance crews and a crew from our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) to the scene. One patient was taken to hospital for further treatment.”<\/p>\n

ChronicleLive has contacted Northumbria Police<\/a> for comment.<\/p>\n

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