Police reveal the officer is in hospital with "serious" injuries to her face, neck and right hand, as a firearm is recovered. 2:15pm UK, Wednesday 04 December 2013
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Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Leeds manhunt after police woman shot
By Alice Philipson, and agencies8:40AM GMT 04 Dec 2013Follow
A manhunt has been launched after a police woman was shot and injured in Leeds.
West Yorkshire Police are looking for James Leslie, 37, in connection with the incident which took place shortly after 4am in the Hyde Park area.
Two uniformed officers attended a ''routine call'' to a disturbance and were confronted by a man at the address who fired at them.
''One female officer received serious but non life threatening injuries. A male officer was uninjured. The female officer is currently undergoing treatment in hospital,'' said a police spokesman.
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03 Dec 2013Amanda Fawcett, an employee at Greggs bakery on Cardigan Road, said the area was popular with students from Leeds University.
"I've been working at Greggs for eight years and I've never seen anything like this before," she said.
"It's an area really popular with students."
She witnessed the aftermath of the incident as she arrived at work around 7.30am.
"I got off my bus, walked around the corner and saw loads of tape around a really big old house on the road.
"There was an ambulance and loads of police. I knew something really bad had happened because there was all that tape and loads of officers."
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Ned Liddemore, vice chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation, described the incident as "a cowardly attack".
He said: "This was a cowardly attack on two unarmed police officers dealing with a so called 'routine' call.
"As has been shown in the early hours of this morning there is no such thing as a routine call when it comes to police officers.
"Yet again the dangers faced by our colleagues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, has been made abundantly clear.
"When the public of West Yorkshire are sound asleep in their beds, our officers are still our there doing there
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James Leslie Photo: PA By Theo Merz and Josh Warwick10:27AM GMT 04 Dec 2013 900002013-12-04 10:55:09.0http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10493534/Manhunt-launched-after-police-woman-shot-live.html?service
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Hyde Park area of Leeds where police officer shot was also centre of London Bombings investigations
West Yorkshire Police have launched a manhunt after a police woman was shot in Hyde Park earlier By Katie Grant10:40AM GMT 04 Dec 2013
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The Hyde Park area of north west Leeds where a policewoman has been shot was also at the centre of investigations into the July 7 bombings.
In July 2005 police raided 18 Alexandra Grove in Hyde Park which the London bombers had rented in order to build bombs.
Hundreds of local residents were evacuated but police said they found no explosives at the property.
The area has high unemployment and used to have a high crime rate, however police have reported a large drop in crime in more recent years.
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On the run: James Leslie
West Yorkshire Police have launched a manhunt for James Leslie after a police woman was shot on Cardigan Road earlier.
Hyde Park is a multi-cultural area which is popular with students and is situated between the University of Leeds and the student area of Headlingley.
It has sizable black and South Asian communities and is home to the largest mosque in Leeds and a variety of Asian shops and supermarkets.
Hyde Park has a bohemian feel and is well known for the iconic Hyde Park Picture House which shows both art house and mainstream films.
The park itself is one of the largest parks in central Leeds and is popular with residents and students during the summer.
While the Brudenell Social Club is a well-known venue for local and underground music.
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