Terrified Sheffield neighbours 'don't feel safe in their homes' after TWO shootings

Police cordons were put in place on Errington Avenue and Aylward Road, Arbourthorne, last night, with residents claiming guns were fired.

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Details of the exact nature of the incidents have not yet been confirmed by South Yorkshire Police.

But some local residents say they no longer feel safe living on the city estate.

One woman, who does not wish to be named, said: “We are all worried.

“We can’t even feel safe in our own homes anymore.

“You don’t know what to do because you’re not safe outside with this Covid-19 but you’re no safer in your homes.

“What are we residents of Arbourthorne meant to do?”

She added: “This isn’t the first time it’s happened around here and I know the police are stretched but the police presence around the area is rubbish, it lasts a couple of days then nothing, leaving these scum bags to crawl back out of the woodwork to continue with their gun crimes.

“Something needs doing and doing fast before someone around here loses their life.”

Police activity was ramped up in the wake of a shooting in January in which a 12-year-old boy was injured.

It led to a public meeting attended by local MP Louise Haigh, Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings and police and council representatives.