Police probe continues into fourth shooting on Sheffield estate in two weeks

A police probe is continuing today into the fourth shooting on a Sheffield estate in two weeks.
By Claire Lewis
Published 4th Dec 2019, 07:47 BST
Updated 5th Dec 2019, 13:48 BST
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Villiers Close in Arbourthorne was cordoned off yesterday after a shooting the night before.

Nobody was reported to have been injured but a police search of the area, after a report of a ‘bang,’ discovered evidence that a gun had been fired.

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South Yorkshire Police said officers are remained ‘open minded’ over possible links between three other shootings on the same estate two weeks earlier.

Police are investigating a shooting on Villiers Close in Sheffield Picture Scott MerryleesPolice are investigating a shooting on Villiers Close in Sheffield Picture Scott Merrylees
Police are investigating a shooting on Villiers Close in Sheffield Picture Scott Merrylees

In a 30 minute crime spree, on Tuesday, November 19, shots were fired at an address on Errington Avenue and Eastern Avenue and a gun was fired from a vehicle on Errington Way.

A 35-year-old man attended the Northern General Hospital with a shotgun injury to his leg that night.

Witnesses or anyone with information on the latest incident should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 834 of December 2.