Witness describes shooting in Sheffield street as police continue to flood city suburb

A 21-year-old man was shot in his chest in a gun attack on Grimesthorpe Road, Burngreave, yesterday afternoon and remains in hospital today in a critical condition.

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The gunman responsible remains at large.

Detectives are treating the shooting as a ‘targeted attack’ but police patrols have been stepped up in a bid to reassure residents of their safety.

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Residents in Burngreave said shots were fired from a white car towards a black car in the street.

One man said he saw two men shielding themselves behind the black car as it was fired at.

He said he then saw the men pull an injured man from the car which was shot at, and they laid him in a nearby garden.

A carer from a nearby care home ran out into the street to help with emergency first aid before police and paramedics arrived to take over.

The witness, who heard four shots, said: “I heard four shots. I think they shot out of a white car with blacked-out windows into a black car.

“At first I thought it was fireworks but then I saw two men taking cover behind the black car and I realised it must have been gunshots that I heard.

"The white car drove off and the two lads from the black car carried the lad who'd been shot to a garden, where they laid him down.

“A carer rushed out and started doing CPR before police and paramedics arrived. It's lucky she was there but I think she's quite traumatised.”

The crime scene remains cordoned off and under police guard this afternoon as detectives piece together the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Officers have been seen searching land within the cordon as the investigation gathers pace.

Anyone with information about the incident should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 421 of April 16.Crimestoppers can be contacted, anonymously, on 0800 555111.

More to follow.