Man arrested after armed police attend incident in Humber Street

INCIDENT: Police in Humber Street this morning

By Simon Bristow, Co-Editor

Humber Street was locked down this morning as armed police attended an incident following reports of concern for a man’s safety.

He was allegedly threatening to harm himself with a knife and making threats to police.

A man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of affray.

A Humberside Police spokesman said: “Officers were called to reports of a concern for a man’s safety on Humber Street, Hull. It is alleged he was making threats to himself with a knife and threats to harm police officers, at around 10.30am Wednesday, Wednesday, 19 August 2026.

“Following the report, officers including armed firearms officers were immediately deployed to the scene and located a man matching a given description.

RESPONSE: Armed police in Humber Street

“A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of affray; he remains in police custody at this time.”

Residents reported seeing a large police presence with ambulances also in attendance.

A witness said: “As I drove past Humber Street there was a crowd of people at the end and you could see a lot of police and police cars parked in the street and people coming out with police.

“Down Queen Street there must have been at least six emergency vehicles including ambulances and police. When I came back there were more police cars parked at the back of Humber Street on Wellington Street. They also closed Blanket Row at the other side of Humber Street and a police officer was stood at the top turning people away.

“You could see police coming out of the flats with guns. There was obviously some sort of big incident going on. It was very dramatic.”