Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Moortown Today
11-05-2009
A man is in a stable condition after he was shot in Moortown, Leeds. He was confronted by masked men. A man and a teenage woman, who was later released, were arrested in connection with the incident.
BBC
10-05-2009
Four people were injured during three incidents involving firearms in West Derby, Merseyside. In the first incident three people were injured when two people on a motorbike fired shots at a pub. The same men fired at a second pub. In a separate incident at another pub a security guard was shot in the leg by a man on a motorbike. There is currently no clear motive for the shootings. One man has been arrested in connection with the shootings (BBC, 12 May 2009).
BBC
09-05-2009
Workmen resurfacing a road at Llanerfyl, Powys, have received threats and verbal abuse because of the delays to motorists, one of whom said he would use an air rifle to shoot them.
Norwich Evening News
09-05-2009
A 16-year-old boy has been given a 10 month sentence and will serve a minimum of five months in an institution for young offenders after pleading guilty to causing actual bodily harm and possessing a firearm. He shot a woman in the face with an air rifle as she was paying a visit to the home of a friend in Norwich in November 2008. She sustained horrible bruises and had to spend two days in hospital. The youth aimed the gun at her from the back bedroom window of a house.
Ayreshire Post
08-05-2009
A man threatened staff at a store in Ayr with what appeared to be an airgun. He demanded money before making off empty handed.
Evening Star
08-05-2009
The windows of eight shops were shattered on an estate in Ipswich. Detectives believe the damage could have been caused by a BB gun.
BBC
08-05-2009
A man escaped with thousands of pounds of cash after a raid on a bookmakers shop in Glasgow. He threatened staff with what appeared to be a gun and demanded cash.
BBC
08-05-2009
A man was shot dead by armed police at a block of retirement homes in Fernhurst, West Sussex. The police had been called after reports that a man was in possession of a gun. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was investigating the case. It has been reported that the dead man used to go shooting and "had a firearms certificate so it was all licensed and above board". It is thought he was upset that his sick wife was facing going into a nursing home (BBC, 9 May 2009). It is now believed that a Colt handgun found at the scene had been fired four times and that a bullet found in a firearms officer's protective vest would not have come from a police gun. The man who died was a member of a local rifle club (BBC, 11 May 2009). A firearms officer will not face charges over the shooting and an inquest will now go ahead (BBC, 9 March 2010). An inquest jury has ruled that the man was lawfully killed (see November 2010 Incidents).
This is Staffordshire
08-05-2009
Vets have had to remove one eye from a cat after she was shot in the face with an air rifle in Whitehill, Staffordshire. Her life is now hanging in the balance as the vets were unable to remove the pellet which had become lodged in her throat. The paper has listed six other woundings to cats in the area in six months, four of which, in Tunstall, Hanford, Kidsgrove and Cheadle, were recorded on this website. The other two cats were shot in Wolstanton and Chesterton (The Sentinel, 9 May 2009).
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This is Gloucestershire
08-05-2009
Benjamin Milson, 18, who fired a 12-bore shotgun from a bungalow belonging to his parents in Up Hatherley, Gloucestershire, during a drunken party, has been given a nine months custodial sentence, suspended for 12 months and given 200 hours of unpaid work and an electronically tagged curfew for six months. He must have nothing to do with guns. He could have killed his friend when he twice fired the shots. He admitted having a firearm with intent to cause his friend to believe unlawful violence would be used against him, but a not guilty verdict was recorded for the charge of actual bodily harm.
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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.