THE THREE children of a man shot dead with his own gun during a police raid at their Bradford home kept asking officers how their dad was as they sat in a police van outside, an inquest heard yesterday.

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.

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.

Another officer, referred to as officer F, who was in the kitchen with Mr Berry's wife Jeanette and the couple's daughters, described in a statement how he heard a call for an ambulance over his radio.

It said: "The eldest daughter said something about a gun. She said that her dad had a gun and thought we were burglars. She asked me if he was okay and I said I don't know."

His statement, which was read out to the jury at yesterday's hearing, added that Mr Berry's three daughters kept asking if their dad was okay.

The inquest jury also heard a statement from officer H, who had been in back garden. He felt like he was "running around the garden like a headless chicken" as the words came over his police radio that someone had been shot.

His statement 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 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.

A statement from rapid response 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". Clinical supervisor Kathryn Staley, who arrived with the subsequent ambulance, praised the performance of the police officers who assisted with CPR in "very stressful and cramped conditions".

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