Gunman remains at large after boy, 16, is shot in Sheffield street

A gunman who shot a teenage boy in a Sheffield street remains at large over one year after the attack.
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The culprit opened fire at a 16-year-old boy in Spital Lane, off Spital Hill, Burngreave, in the early hours of May 19, last year.

The victim, who was shot in his leg, was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition and needed surgery.

A gunman who shot a 16-year-old boy in Burngreave in May, last year, remains at largeA gunman who shot a 16-year-old boy in Burngreave in May, last year, remains at large
A gunman who shot a 16-year-old boy in Burngreave in May, last year, remains at large
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A 20-year-old man was arrested over the incident but no charges were ever brought and the case remains unsolved today.

Detectives said it was a targeted attack.

The shooting took place just metres away from the exact spot where another city teenager was shot dead in 2008.

Tarek Chaiboub, 17, of Castledine Gardens, Wincobank, was killed in a ‘Wild West’ style shoot-out in broad daylight.

He was targeted when the S3 gang he was a member of imploded.

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Nigel Junior Ramsey ordered Tarek’s death from his prison cell while he was serving time behind bars for another offence.

Tarek was blamed for passing on information which led to the near-fatal stabbing of another S3 gang member.

Ramsey, of Andover Street, Burngreave; his younger brother Denzil Ramsey, of the same address; their next door neighbour Levan Menzies and friend, Michael Chattoo, of Daniel Hill Street, Upperthorpe, were found guilty of murder and jailed for a total of 110 years between them.

Anyone with information about last year’s shooting should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident 7 of May 19, 2019.