Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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West Mercia Police

11-03-2024

Peter Want, aged 46 and from Worcester, Worcestershire, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half-years for possessing a prohibited weapon (pen gun), possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate, possession of an imitation firearm in a public place, possession with intent to supply a Class B drug, two counts each of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug and possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place, and three counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place (crossbow, Samurai sword and small sword). The weapons were discovered after police officers stopped Want’s vehicle in May 2023.


BirminghamLive

09-03-2024

Following reports of gunshots on a residential street in Smethwick, West Midlands, police officers discovered a home had been damaged. No arrests have yet been reported.


Yorkshire Evening Post

09-03-2024

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to two years' detention after admitting possessing a firearm to cause fear of violence and pocssessing ammunition without a certificate. After a gun was fired toward two cars in Leeds, West Yorkshire in August 2023, the teenager was seen on CCTV holding a gun. His fingerprints were found on a discarded, converted, blank-firing pistol, discovered along with a cartridge of bullets. A second gun was recovered nearby. The court heard that the youth was linked to gang-related crime and would be facing further charges relating to drugs and weapons.


Dudley News

09-03-2024

Police officers responded to a report that a man had threatened a woman with a gun at an address in Dudley, West Midlands. The man was detained on suspicion of threats to kill and a BB gun was recovered at the scene.


South Wales Police

08-03-2024

Karen Amos, aged 42, has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to drug offences and possession of weapons designed or adapted for the discharge of a thing, namely a knuckle blaster stun device, a gas canister and a sting ring stun device. Amos was arrested in November 2023 after police officers recovered items consistent with the charges while searching an address in Bridgend, South Wales.


Echo

08-03-2024

Following a report of a fight between men armed with weapons on a street in Liverpool, Merseyside, police officers arrested a man on suspicion of affray, possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. Officers also recovered a handgun, machine gun, air pistol and sniper rifle from a property linked to the arrested suspect.


This is Oxfordshire

08-03-2024

A man allegedly threatened members of the public in Oxford, Oxfordshire with a handgun or imitation gun after offering it for sale. Police issued a description of the suspect and appealed for information.


Enfield Independent

08-03-2024

Miguel Costa, 27, and Abraham Cardoso, 24, have been jailed for seven years and five years, respectively, after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life. In September 2023, after the two men were arrested on suspicion of drug offences, police officers recovered a loaded 7.62 Nagant calibre revolver with a silencer from Costa’s bedroom at his home in Enfield, North London. Rounds of ammunition, including 7.62 bulleted cartridges, were subsequently seized at an address linked to Cardoso.


Lambeth News

08-03-2024

Dean Vincent, aged 27, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years after being found guilty of possession of two firearms, possession with intent to supply heroin and possession of criminal property (cash). During a surveillance operation in June 2022, police officers searched a house in Vauxhall, Central London and recovered heroin and cannabis, a large hunting knife, a zombie knife, thirteen rounds of 9mm ammunition, a handgun and a revolver (both loaded). When Vincent was arrested three months later, he was found to be carrying a passport and £9000 in cash.


stv News

08-03-2024

Officers from a Serious and Organised Crime team arrested a teenage boy in Dundee, Scotland after he was found carrying cocaine, a small amount of cannabis, a bladed weapon and an imitation firearm. More cocaine was found at a property linked to the suspect.


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About this information

This information is provided by the Infer Trust. It is compiled from media reports of incidents in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has different gun legislation. We know the information is incomplete, though we believe nearly all of the most serious crimes are included.