Man shows off machine guns before reported shots fired in Chatham

A video posted on social media appears to show a man showing off machine guns and handguns, before eyewitnesses reported seeing a man firing shots from a balcony.

A man in his 30s has been arrested after armed police were deployed near a shopping centre in Kent to reports of a man on a balcony firing weapons.

Witnesses and videos on social media appear to show a man on a balcony firing a machine gun.

Kent Police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and officers have found four imitation firearms.

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