AN INQUEST into the death of a man shot dead with his own gun during a police raid at his Bradford home has heard how confusion surrounded who had been injured when officers first heard the report over their radios.

Eight unarmed officers were involved in the raid on Colin Berry's home in Buckingham Crescent, Clayton, on April 4, 2013, which they suspected contained a cannabis farm.

But as one officer followed a man upstairs and a struggle ensued, other officers in the house and garden hearing reports of a gun shot wound were initially unsure of who it was that had been shot.

The inquest jury heard today that officer H, who had been in the back garden at the time, felt like he was "running around the garden like a headless chicken" as the words came over his police radio.

In a statement read out to jurors, he said: "I then heard that there was a male with a gunshot wound in the address receiving CPR.

"I was panicking. At this stage I did not know who was injured."

Earlier in the week the inquest heard that officers went to an upstairs bedroom of the house where Mr Berry was with his daughter Colleen, then aged 13. A struggle ensued between Mr Berry and one of the police officers, referred to only as officer A, during which Mr Berry suffered a single gunshot wound.

The 49-year-old father-of-three was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A statement from paramedic Steven West detailed how two officers were attempting to resuscitate Mr Berry when he first arrived at the scene, following the call to the ambulance service. He took over and carried out advanced life support methods, but after continuing for 20 minutes, he realised "the life of the patient could not be saved".

The hearing, which has been taking place at Bradford Crown Court, continues on Monday.