Armed police have arrested a man on suspicion of firearms offence after a person appeared to be seen firing a weapon from a balcony in Chatham in Kent.

Kent police urged the public to stay away from the Dockside area of the town after video appeared to show nine shots being fired from a top-floor balcony.

Shooting guns Dockside Chatham pic.twitter.com/0wkz8zgVYd — Jake Logan (@jakelogann) April 22, 2020

The force said officers were called at 8.35am on Wednesday to a “disturbance at a flat” in Dock Head Road.

Four armed police officers were seen entering the building and asking men in the block whether the suspect had live rounds.

Later, Kent police said a man in his 30s had been arrested and officers had located four suspected imitation firearms.

Hope everyone is safe! Dockside Chatham pic.twitter.com/hAvkoeiPsC — Jake Logan (@jakelogann) April 22, 2020

A man who filmed the video said: “He’s up there. He’s up there sitting on that yellow thing with a machine gun, a handgun and a rifle.”