Neighbours describe hearing ‘blood-curdling screams’ as attacker ‘with two knives’ stabbed two paramedics in the chest on house call – as man is Tasered and arrested
- Emergency workers called to Ashmore area of Wolverhampton at 12.15pm
- Paramedics sent out an emergency alert that they had been stabbed in the house
- Police officers were called to the scene and shot the man with a stun gun
- Anita Millard, 65, heard screams and stabbed paramedics collapsed out of house
Two paramedics have been stabbed in the chest today after a call-out to a home in the West Midlands where the alleged knifeman was seen carrying two blades before being Tasered by police.
The ambulance crew were called to reports of concern for a man’s safety in the Ashmore area of Wolverhampton at around 12.15pm this afternoon.
Neighbours said around a dozen emergency vehicles were at the scene and the suspect was Tasered with an electric stun gun by police after a male paramedic staggered out of the house yelling: ‘Help, help, we’ve both been stabbed’ while dragging his female colleague to safety.
Both paramedics were stabbed in the chest by the knifeman who pounced as they entered the property, police later revealed.
Anita Millard, 65, who lives next door, said a man lived alone at the property, and it had been his elderly mother who had first raised concerns for his welfare after he failed to answer the door.
She described how two paramedics arrived, along with two police officers, before they managed to gain entry by removing a door panel with a screwdriver borrowed from a neighbour.
She said: ‘The police asked the man’s mother to step back and then the girl paramedic went in, followed by the other medic. Then all I heard was a blood-curdling scream. He had two knives – I’ve never seen anything like it’.
Police have swamped Stephens Close in Wolverhampton this afternoon where officers Tasered a man who allegedly stabbed two paramedics
The ambulance workers were called to the house after a call about concerns about the man inside the property
Mrs Millard, who has lived in the close for five years, added: ‘The male paramedic then came backwards out the house and he shouted into his radio ‘help, help, we’ve both been stabbed’.
‘Then he pushed the female paramedic backwards towards the side gate, and away from it all.
‘The guy was stood in the porch holding these knives.
‘Then the police came in and shouted ‘Taser’ and then they tasered him.
‘It was like something off the TV.’
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: ‘A man has been arrested after two paramedics were stabbed at a property in Stephens Close, Wolverhampton today.’
A witness said one paramedic was wheeled away by colleagues following the incident.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: ‘Two members of ambulance service staff have been stabbed after attending a call out to check on the welfare of a man in Wolverhampton.
‘The initial call came through at around 12.15pm this lunchtime to an address in Stephens Close.
‘Shortly after arrival, the crew used their emergency alert to say that they had been stabbed.
West Midlands Police said that a man accused of stabbing the emergency workers was shot with a stun gun
‘Three additional ambulances, two Midlands Air Ambulances and the West Midlands Care Team attended the scene along with three paramedic officers.
‘The two members of staff, both paramedics, have been treated at the scene by doctors and paramedics and have been taken to hospital for further treatment.
‘A man who was Tasered by police officers at the scene has also been treated by ambulance staff.
‘More details will be released later.’