Shooting outside Sheffield supermarket is third in city in less than a week

A shooting outside a Sheffield supermarket on Monday night is the third in the city in less than a week.
By Claire Lewis
Published 1st Oct 2019, 07:53 BST
Updated 1st Oct 2019, 17:43 BST
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The alarm was raised in Woodhouse last night after a gun was fired at a car parked outside the Co-op on Chapel Street.

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Three men then jumped into the grey-silver estate and sped away from the store.

Three shootings have been reported to South Yorkshire Police in less than a weekThree shootings have been reported to South Yorkshire Police in less than a week
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It is not known whether anyone was in the car when the gun was fired or whether anyone was injured.

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The shooting came three days after another car was shot at in Raby Street, Tinsley.

South Yorkshire Police said officers responded to reports of a group of men damaging a car at around 5.50pm on Friday.On arrival, officers found two damaged cars in the street, with one appearing to have been shot at.

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Two days before that, a gun was fired at a 39-year-old man as he got out of a car in Malton Street, Pitsmoor.

The incident, at 8.30pm on Wednesday, is being treated as a targeted attack.

Anyone with information about any of the incidents should call South Yorkshire Police on 101.