Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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South Wales Argus
14-03-2016
A masked man used an apparent handgun to demand cash during the robbery of a petrol station store in Caerleon, Gwent. He escaped on foot with money and police have appealed for information.
ITV News
14-03-2016
Two swans have been shot dead with an air rifle in a park in Mitcham, south London. The male swan was found dead with projectiles in his neck and body, while the pregnant female was still alive when she was found but died from the blood loss from three gun wounds in her head and neck.
Echo News
14-03-2016
Police were called to the centre of Basildon, Essex to reports of a group of teenagers armed with what appeared to be a gun. Officers located a boy with a BB gun after a search.
Hartlepool Mail
14-03-2016
Police have arrested and charged two men with possessing a firearm, arrested a woman on suspicion of possessing a Class A drug, and arrested another man for breaching his bail conditions after a gun and what is thought to be heroin were recovered during the search of two properties in Hartlepool, County Durham.
The Argus
14-03-2016
Police were deployed and a busy road closed off to traffic after a man was seen brandishing an apparent handgun on a residential street in Brighton, East Sussex. He was arrested and found to be in possession of a airgun, and a BB gun was recovered from his house for destruction. The 34-year-old was later released with a police caution for using threatening or abusive words or behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby.
Liverpool Echo
13-03-2016
Six men have been arrested after three separate shootings were carried out and a firearm was recovered in Kirkby, Merseyside. Two men were arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent after a man was shot in the leg. Two others were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life after a house was shot at, and they have been released on bail. Another man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm in connection with the shooting of another house in the area, and also released on bail. A sixth man has been arrested and charged with possessing a firearm.
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
13-03-2016
Two men armed with a gun were seen pointing an apparent at a handgun at another group of men outside a community centre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The pair left the scene in a car, and police have appealed for information to help locate them.
Express & Star
13-03-2016
Banaris Ali has been jailed for two years and nine months after pleading guilty to possessing a disguised weapon and imitation firearm, as well as drink-driving. He was arrested after his neighbour called police to report seeing a man with a gun on their street in Dudley, West Midlands. Ali was not home when officers went to his flat but they found a stun gun made to look like a mobile phone and a small bag of cannabis. He was then seen driving past the building in his car at high speed, and was caught by police after getting stuck in traffic. He was found to be over the legal alcohol limit and to have a gas-operated ball-bearing gun with the appearance of a nine-millimetre semi-automatic pistol in the vehicle. Ali told police that he had taken the gun into the street in order to intimidate some people who were reportedly making him uncomfortable by sitting in a van outside his flat into leaving the area.
Mirror
11-03-2016
A 27-year-old man has been killed after he was shot in a drive-by shooting with an Uzi-style submachine gun in Harlesden, north-west London. After the friend he was with went into a nearby shop to get food, a vehicle drove up and he was shot six times at close range by a person who got out of a vehicle, before the car sped away from the scene. The victim’s friend found him on the floor when he returned and attempted to perform CPR, but he had five bullets in his chest and one in hi thighs and was pronounced dead by police who attended the scene. The victim had been living with a friend after being kicked out of the hostel where he was living and was accused of drunkenly attacking a man and damaging property, but he was not involved in gang activities. Information posted on social media websites in the hours before the shooting indicated that a feud between rival gangs over stolen jewellery was expected to escalate into violence, and the victim’s murder is suspected to be a case of mistaken identity. A 29-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of murder and an 18-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of robbery in connection with the shooting (BBC News, 12-03-2016).
Birmingham Mail
11-03-2016
Two males, aged 18 and 19, have been arrested on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence in Redditch, Worcestershire. They are believed to have used the gun to threaten another 18-year-old male first when they pulled alongside his vehicle and pointed the gun at him from their car, and later when they attempted to get into a house where the victim was while brandishing the gun.
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About this information
This information is provided by the Infer Trust. It is compiled from media reports of incidents in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has different gun legislation. We know the information is incomplete, though we believe nearly all of the most serious crimes are included.